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Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence: Statements (10 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Domestic, sexual and gender-based violence is a scourge on our society that continues to grow. I commend the focus the Minister's predecessor brought to this issue in her term of office as Minister for Justice and the establishment of Cuan as an agency, but we have so much work to do in the Minister's portfolio in the justice sector to continue to equip the courts and front-line services to...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: EU Bodies (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 6. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to potential overreach and undermining of the sovereignty of EU Member States by the European Commission under Article 41.2 of the Treaty on European Union which requires expenditure from the Union budget for the purposes of operations with a military or defence implication are prohibited without unanimity at the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Policy (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 40. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department accepts that the lack of dedicated spaces for young people is contributing to poor mental health outcomes and loneliness, given recent research by the European Union Joint Research Centre which found that Ireland is the loneliest country in Europe; the steps her Department is taking to address this issue; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Mental Health Policy (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 41. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department accepts the need for a national approach to provide integrated youth hubs in towns-cities across Ireland where young people can access State- and community-based services and have a safe space to congregate with their peers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37979/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has been in contact with the Department of Finance and the Department of Social Protection around the application of the Karshan ruling, in light of recent issues around bogus self-employment in bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38119/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Bodies (9 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 83. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department has issued any guidance or provided any support to bodies under its aegis regarding bogus self-employment and how to correctly apply the Karshan ruling in their work, given the widespread issues regarding bogus self-employment in the arts, media and communications sectors; and if he will make a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Is it up to the club to break it down between women's and men's?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Is it required that the funding be distributed between them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: That would be great. My next question is about gambling advertising. Is it permitted on the streaming platforms? No. I understand the concerns of smaller streamers like LOITV and GAA+ about a potential streaming levy. Do the witnesses think it should be set in accordance with the size of turnover, for example, of a streaming company or some other similar metric that would allow...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank Mr. Quinn.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland has been invited to the emergency ministerial meeting on Palestine being hosted by the Hague Group in Bogotá on 15 and 16 of July 2025, if he intends for us to join the Hague Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37200/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 29 April 2025, the outcome of the consultant’s report cited; whether he will make this report public; the steps his Department is taking to retrofit or otherwise bring vacant married quarters previously used by the Defence Forces owned by his Department back into use as accommodation; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 370. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, given the eight competent authorities for the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act announced in March, he will set out the specific regulatory bodies and market surveillance authorities responsible for each of the prohibitions (Article 5) and high-risk uses (Annex III) in the Act (details supplied), in tabular form; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the practical application envisioned by his Department for the recently adopted IHRA working definition of antisemitism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37215/25]