Results 61-80 of 266 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Housing Crisis: Motion [Private Members] (19 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: As a new TD, I am truly stunned not only that the housing Minister is not here but that there is only one representative on the Government benches when in the media and in the Dáil Chamber, all we hear is that the Government wants solutions from the Opposition. When we offer concrete, well thought-out, researched, evidence-based solutions, this is the showing we get. I come from the...

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I congratulate Deputy Smyth on her role, as she said at the beginning of today's discussion, as the first Minister of State with intleacht shaorga in her title. I welcome today's discussion. This is such an important topic in society right now. It will dominate our term of office for the next five years. There is no question that it will be an important part of so many areas of life...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Neutrality (18 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 121. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether there is a planned mechanism to maintain Irish neutrality in the absence of the triple lock protection; if he will provide details on that mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6400/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (18 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 173. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the status of proposals outlined in the Programme for Government to remove the triple lock protection; when he plans to bring these proposals before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6401/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 174. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether progress has been made on Ireland's National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security regarding the protection and participation of women in the Defence Forces; to detail what progress has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6402/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (19 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his Department’s planned response to the US presidential executive order of 31 January 2025, the effect of which is to dismantle the United States Agency for International Development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (19 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will make a formal request to the US ambassador that the US side of all joint consortium arrangements with Irish Aid which were in place at 31 January 2025 be honoured in full; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (19 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide figures on all the joint donor consortia or other collaborative arrangements which existed between Irish Aid and the United States Agency for International Development as at 31 January 2025, across the operational spectrum of Ireland’s international development engagement, broken down by country, by financial...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (19 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has identified whether there are instances of such multi-donor instruments in which Ireland would be obliged to make up the shortfall for the precipitate cancellation of the United States Agency for International Development contribution; if he will provide an estimate of the budgetary implications thereof, including...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (19 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 12. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions planned to be taken at EU level to coordinate Member States’ response to the vacuum created by the effective withdrawal of the United States Agency for International Development from the international development arena; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6582/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (19 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 89. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will set out a detailed pathway for the transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive into Irish law; the timeline and steps for same; the Government Departments which will be involved; if it will include a public consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6783/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Corporate Governance (19 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 90. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of his Department, in light of the European Commission’s omnibus simplification package due to be published on 26 February 2025, regarding the re-opening the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; if he has engaged with stakeholders on the risks to human rights and environmental protections for victims...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 163. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [7052/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 181. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [7051/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 229. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [7056/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 257. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [7050/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 258. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [7057/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 294. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [7055/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Artificial Intelligence (20 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 302. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [7053/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (20 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 319. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department; if any section of her Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if she has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of...