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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Perhaps the FAI could furnish them to the committee afterwards also.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: My apologies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I must have missed that. On a previous exchange between Ms Pakes and Deputy O'Sullivan, if there is an assault committed against an adult and that assault is witnessed, is there a requirement for that to be reported by the witness under the FAI's current safeguarding requirements?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: If there is an assault committed against an adult - I did not specify - and the assault is witnessed, is there an obligation on the witness to come forward?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It might be something to look at within the FAI's safeguarding.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Great, because I think-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I appreciate that but there are also instances in which self-determination can be hampered by a culture that is created whereby reporting-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: That is why I am asking about witnesses because witnesses can be vital people in those instances. Sometimes, the assault itself can be a form of intimidation for the people around. We all know from the clubs of which we are all members and the environments that we operate in within sport that it is a team event.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I have one minute left and I want to discuss an issue that has not arisen today. My questions are probably for Mr. Courell. SIPTU has sought to engage with the FAI on the subject of the planned reduction in jobs across the organisation, and particularly football development officers. Does the FAI plan on collaborative engagement in order to protect those jobs? Does the FAI consider any of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I got there.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Will that involve engaging with the unions?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Safeguarding Policies and Procedures within the Football Association of Ireland: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Do any of the roles impact on safeguarding?

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 250. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an assessment was carried out on the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity to ensure its compliance with public sector duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50139/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 251. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason the completion of an Action Plan on Collective Bargaining is not a priority action under the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity, particularly as collective bargaining coverage in Ireland is far below EU averages and the impending deadlines for establishing an action plan; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 252. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the resources being provided to ensure transparency, enforcement and compliance in the sale of dual use products, in view of commitment 20 of the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity to facilitate growth in the area, and the additional burden it will place on his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artists' Remuneration (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 351. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he will commit to expanding and extending basic income for the arts in Budget 2026, in light of the publication of the two-year report which has confirmed previous findings around the sustained positive impact on recipients’ lives, sectoral retention, and time committed to artistic practice; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artists' Remuneration (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 352. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he has engaged with the Department of Social Protection on barriers to artists in receipt of disability allowance participating in the basic income for the arts scheme; the means by which this may be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49976/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Relations (25 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 33. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the advances his Department have made in preparing an action plan for collective bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50797/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Wage-setting Mechanisms (25 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 34. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the means by which workers' rights will be advanced in tandem with the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity, particularly in light of previous commitments around the living wage, paid sick leave, sub-minimum rates of pay and the recommendations of the Low Pay Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter....