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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (25 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 42. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department is aware of the ongoing infrequency of some older bus routes following the most recent phase of bus connects, such as the 11 bus; the steps his Department is taking to ensure a reliable service for users, and address any barriers to full operation of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34940/25]

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Childcare Services (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It is not news that families with young children require childcare and early years education. Why, then, are these families continuously failed by the State in the provision of those services? In Dublin Rathdown, I am contacted regularly about childcare and early years education. Indeed, it is one of the foremost issues within my constituency. There is a shortage of available places...

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters: Childcare Services (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: While I appreciate the Minister of State's response, it is disappointing there is nobody here from the Department of children. I welcome the statistics she shared that show an increase in provision of places and the work being done to address the problems. However, as she knows, that increase is not keeping pace with the needs of families across the country, including in my constituency of...

Presidential Voting Rights: Motion [Private Members] (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. Molaim Sinn Féin as ucht an rúin seo a chur os comhair na Dála. Caithfimid, i gcomhthéacs an ullmhaithe d’athrú bunreachtúil, smaoineamh anois faoin gcaoi a bhfuil muid ag caitheamh le saoránaigh na hÉireann ó Thuaidh. We in the Social Democrats support the extension of the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Speaking of which, Taoiseach, are you ashamed of the EU? I know I am. Its descent into moral turpitude has been both swift and shocking. Its silence on Gaza is deafening. No matter what depravity is committed by Israel, the EU refuses to act. No matter how high the death toll, no matter how many children are brutalised, no matter the mass murder, maiming, starvation and decimation,...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It is still Israel's biggest trading partner.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It is in breach.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It is only the revocation of a privilege.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: So that is it, is it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses for attending. I will start by building on some of Deputy Geoghegan's questions, particularly given that Professor Ahern talked about supports for businesses in terms of the implementation of regulation. Will the witnesses talk about how those supports will differ for bigger companies versus smaller companies? Is that a big a challenge? What are their thoughts around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I have a few questions now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Why is that? Sorry to interrupt.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Is it cost as well? Is it the fact that when you are a smaller company, you say, "I will get to that when I can"?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank Ms Riordan. I will move on to my second question because I have only half my time remaining. The second topic is about the things that keep us awake at night, which we talked about in the previous session. I have major concerns. Dr. Scanlon's introduction was interesting in terms of those benefits we see coming down the track in areas such as health but my concerns are that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Dr. Scanlon talks about labour displacement. It is just such a shame that we seem to have lost sight of the fact that automation should create more leisure time. Labour saving should be a good a thing, right? For me, it is around the degradation of work, the precarity of work and the deepening inequality in society because that quality of work which will be available to certain sections of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: What could an observatory do for us?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Today has been very interesting to draw together some of the very different strands that we all prioritise. I still have real major concerns about the regulatory framework itself and how it is going to operate and will have some questions about all of this and a little bit about the witnesses' council. In some ways, the council has been given an inherently impossible job to do. It is just...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Dr. Scanlon previously mentioned that we did not legislate or regulate effectively to deal with algorithms being so rage baiting. What would have been the regulation that would have worked there?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Age verification. That is the only thing.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (24 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I am aware. I do not agree that it works. I think it punishes the user rather than the platform.