Results 181-200 of 266 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: There is such a positive story here in terms of the population development we will see.

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It will be 296,000 people by 2040-----

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: -----so we have to build the appropriate infrastructure-----

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: -----to meet those needs.

Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (1 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I want to express my thoughts and concerns for Grace, for her family, for all victims of State wrongdoing and for victims who have been further bruised by the failure of the State to facilitate their access to justice. The key points I want to raise today are the flaws in our framework for accessing justice through commissions of investigation, tribunals and inquiries. I want to speak...

International Workers’ Day: Statements (1 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I start by marking International Workers’ Day and recognising workers throughout Ireland and the world and, as Deputy O’Reilly said, particularly the workers of Leinster House who make our lives so much more enjoyable as we come in every day to do our work. Lá na n-Oibrithe sona daoibh go léir. I will talk about three specific topics within the area of...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (30 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 1. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason Ireland is not making an oral submission to the International Court of Justice for the case regarding Obligations of Israel in relation to the Presence and Activities of the United Nations, Other International Organizations and Third States in and in relation to the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Request for Advisory Opinion),...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (1 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 18. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to strengthen the right to collective bargaining in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21700/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Joint Labour Committees (1 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 30. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to review and strengthen the effectiveness of the joint labour committees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21702/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Trade Unions (1 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 40. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to strengthen protections for employees from victimisation due to trade union activity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21701/25]

Europe Day: Statements (7 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: We in the Social Democrats are a party of proud Europeans and active members of the European Union. We see it as our obligation not to be passive members in the Union but to question EU policy and law and what it means for us here in Ireland on an ongoing basis. European Union membership has pushed Ireland into a more progressive place over the decades. Our membership of the European Union...

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. My constituency of Dublin Rathdown has the most expensive childcare in the country. I hear from people every week in emails, whether they are people I am in contact with or they contact me, who talk about the twin problems of cost and capacity, that is, the absolute crippling cost to families and the chronic lack of places. Those two...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 155. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a peacekeeping mission deployment has ever been unable to proceed due to the lack of agreement of the UN General Assembly, as provided for in the in the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, since the introduction of the triple lock following the Nice and Lisbon treaties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18307/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: In the context of the ongoing discussions around the triple lock, which have been referenced, and the Government's proposal to dismantle it, I ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether a peacekeeping mission deployment has ever been unable to proceed due to the lack of agreement of the UN General Assembly since the introduction of the triple lock, which is a measure provided for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the Tánaiste for his answer. Once again he said he supports military neutrality but it appears not when we see the actions the Government is taking and this proposal before us. While he positions the change as something he has to do because he cannot secure the UN mandate, the facts do not justify it. I am left to assume he does not want to have that UN mandate applied to our...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: In answer to the first of the two questions posed by the Tánaiste, I am aware that, of course, there are other countries that are militarily neutral that do not have a triple lock. However, they did not arrive at their position of neutrality in the same historic pathway as we did with the Nice and Lisbon treaties, simple as that. The other question the Tánaiste asked concerned...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: No, I asked when it was prevented by the UN General Assembly.

Parental Choice in Education: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank Deputy Jen Cummins for the great work she has put into this. I oppose the Government's amendment, which is so disappointing given that these are really practical and strong recommendations that we believe can bring to life the parental choice we are all seeking in the education system. This is a rights issue for me. I was in Geneva in 2016 in my previous work in the human rights...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Contracts (29 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 174. To ask the Taoiseach the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company. [19353/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Information and Communications Technology (29 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 178. To ask the Taoiseach if all IT systems used by his Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or facilitate the use of the fada, in tabular form; the steps being taken to address this issue. [20309/25]