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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I urge the Department when Ms Brennan is looking at this review that it could inform her thinking to look at State agencies and the dynamics. If you only have a small staff and you have requests, you consistently get this answer from your parent Department. We know it is not just about staff. In lots of different ways, you are lost in the melee. I am a member of the Association of Chief...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I appreciate that. I get all of that but the other part of it is that one key role. An agency does not operate on the same basis as a Department where principal officers are not ten-a-penny but there are a lot more of them than in a State agency. A year and a half is a long time to be without someone you were expecting to come in a little earlier. You are dealing with the PAS and all of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I am sorry; I am over time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Sorry, I had to pop up to the Chamber to speak so I hope I do not cover stuff that other speakers covered. I want to revisit one of the questions I asked earlier. It was the first question I asked and it was about how artists and the artistic community are perceiving this. In the answer Mr. Ó Coigligh gave me, he said that the Minister has made assurances about his support of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I appreciate the answers and, once again, the emphasis on the basic income. I do not doubt that the Department has connections with the arts community. What I am concerned about is that there are definitely concerns that this will mean throwing arts under the bus. That is what I am trying to get at. What is the Department doing strategically to make sure that that does not happen, that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: May I ask one quick question about the name change? Has the Department had a lot of feedback from the arts sector about it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It is funny that on Teams we are still the arts and media committee, which are the two words that have been dropped from the Department's title.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Arts Council Grant Management IT System: Discussion (Resumed) (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I will get into governance probably for the rest of my time. I appreciate Mr. Ó Coigligh said Ms Brennan will carry out a review but I would have thought that what we air in this committee could inform that review and there might be issues. I come at this as somebody who in my previous role was the director and chief commissioner of IHREC, which is essentially the chair and CEO role of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank Mr. Smyth and Mr. Keown for being with us today. The EU has enacted a ban on the trade in goods and services to and from occupied Korea since 2014. That was separate from the sanctions that were placed on Russia because these were viewed as the proceeds of crime. Has that been considered in light of the drafting of this Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Would it give Mr. Smyth comfort in a situation where infringement procedures were to happen, for example? Does that offer a precedent or a comfort for Mr. Smyth? If we were to include services and it did get as far as infringement proceedings, would that be something we could rely on as precedent?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I appreciate that. I understand the legal picture but I am asking if it was considered. We have talked about infringement proceedings but I will dial back a bit. The concern I have with what is being presented here today, including the twin track referenced by Mr. Keown, is that while we understand it, we also know that there has been absolute paralysis at European Union level. It is very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I just have one tiny question on the 0% figure-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: We know that Airbnb has publicly addressed the fact that it has rental accommodation services in the occupied territories. Does that 0% figure jar with our guests? This applies to other platforms too, not just Airbnb. We know that they let properties in the occupied territories at the moment. Do the witnesses have an issue with that CSO figure of 0%?

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 43. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures his Department is taking to address the crisis of those who qualify for social housing and HAP being unable to get a social home or find a tenancy on the private market which they can afford, even with the assistance of HAP, in areas of the country where rents are above the national average, such as Dublin...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (1 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 307. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his Department’s position on regarding platforms as publishers to ensure better accountability for tech companies for the content they allow on their websites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34941/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I welcome the Minister, the Minister of State and officials to the session. My first question is for the Minister of State. I was delighted to hear in his statement so much emphasis on inclusion in sport, particularly for women and people with disabilities. It is hugely important. One of the important areas that he did not mention is trans participation in sports. I feel strongly that we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The Minister of State has detailed programmes in regard to gender participation in sport and disability. Is there anything similar to specifically address trans participation in sport, given this is such an acute issue? I have worked with the trans community and advocacy groups within that. The trans community would describe themselves as micro-marginalised. They are a small community in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Update on Departmental Priorities and Legislation: Department of Culture, Communications and Sport (2 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Is there not anything specifically focused on trans participation?