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

Sinéad Gibney: 59. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on the development of a single application procedure for immigration and employment permission, mentioned in the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50798/25]

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

Sinéad Gibney: 71. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to attract non-energy intensive and environmentally sustainable industries and investment to Ireland, in line with efforts to decarbonise and meet our 2030 climate commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50799/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Small and Medium Enterprises (25 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department is taking to support indigenous SMEs to adapt to US tariffs and to insulate themselves from the impact of trade disruptions like tariffs in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50800/25]

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 also want to add some closing words. We live in a patriarchal society. Women experience sexism, discrimination, gender-based violence and sexual violence throughout the world and sport is no different. Sport has a long road to travel to get to a point of gender equality. I am a snooker fan. That is my sport and I follow it more than anything.

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: Excuse me? There is €5,000 in prize money for the women's game, compared with €500,000 for the men's. That gives us a stark indicator of how much work has to be done to actually get to a point where women feel equal. From the moment girls enter sport, right through to the point of elite athleticism in all sports, including snooker, we need to see more done. While I am really...

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: Dr. May mentioned the legislative requirements that apply to funding eligibility. Does she see any value or merit in extending beyond those for governing bodies?

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 specific governance question for my last 30 seconds. I apologise for cutting across Dr. May. In the context of the governance standards that Sport Ireland seeks from the governing bodies, is she aware that in a proposed EGM next week, the FAI plans to propose the extension of term lengths for ordinary board members and the chair. Would that concern Dr. May from a governance...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It is reported in the Irish Independent today that at a recent launch of teen accounts Meta's head of safety essentially said parents are now responsible for what their children and teens view online, including the harmful things their teens view online. Our Government and the tech regulators in this jurisdiction are asleep at the wheel. The social media platforms are running rings around...

Global Sumud Flotilla: Motion (30 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I too welcome this joint motion and express my solidarity with everybody aboard the flotilla. I welcome the families of those Irish people on board those 40 boats. I will use my time to recall why these people are on the flotilla in the first place. Across those 40 boats, there are people from all over the world including politicians, artists, activists and ordinary people. They are...

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank my party colleague Deputy Quaide for bringing forward this motion. As a member of the Social Democrats, I am very proud to put it forward. I realise that the issue has been debated many times in the House, but we have a clear commitment from the Government to abolish the means test and we have a clear rationale for how to do that, yet the Government chooses to continue to hedge and...

Situation in Gaza: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I will pick up where I finished my speech on the Sumud flotilla yesterday. I was emphasising a point I have made again and again on this floor. This Government has a unique mandate, given to it by a population that is unwavering and unequivocal in our support for Gaza. Sadly, the Minister of State's Government has squandered this by not acting. We have heard the right words from it, but...

Investment in Sport and Sporting Infrastructure: Statements (1 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The power of sport for inclusion, integration and community in Ireland is undeniable. Our towns, villages, cities and suburbs are all home to sports clubs that have become vital social hubs for people of all ages. In my constituency of Dublin Rathdown, sports capital funding, in conjunction with the time and dedication of volunteers, has meant that grassroots sport in our area has been...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Children and Young People: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank all the witnesses for being here. I am really enjoying today's session so far. I will focus my four minutes specifically on the ombudsman's office and the youth advisory panel. Hopefully, when we get a second round, I will come back in for the other organisations. Starting off with Dr. Muldoon, I have a few hopefully rapid-fire questions before I then get into some more discursive...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Children and Young People: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Excellent. Finally, Dr. Muldoon may not have the answer to my next question here today but perhaps his office can look into this. From his interaction with Departments and State agencies at the moment, is he aware of or does he suspect the use or deployment of any AI tools with rights holders?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Children and Young People: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The difficulty is that in other jurisdictions, such as the Netherlands, for example, there is a register. We do not have that here. This might be a topic I come back to other witnesses with, particularly around social work. Without that register it is kind of up to us, as citizens, to identify the use of AI. Moving on to the two youth advisory panel representatives, I thank them so much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Children and Young People: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I want to pick up on an issue Grace mentioned in her opening comments. We talked about critical thinking and how AI can become a crutch. She also mentioned creativity. Will she elaborate on the dangers and benefits she sees in that regard?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Children and Young People: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses for being here. Some of the contributions from the beginning of this session are particularly stark with regard to the risks the witnesses have outlined. I am keen to dig into them a little bit more. We have AI as a stand-alone issue, if you like, or something that permeates in very different ways. Before we had AI, we already had a very divisive, polarised and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Children and Young People: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank Dr. Bourke.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Children and Young People: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I am over my time but does Mr. Joyce feel that AI has already turbocharged that or is likely to?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Children and Young People: Discussion (23 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I have been critical of the balance I see coming through from the Government in terms of actions. There is discussion around the risks versus the benefits of AI but, for example, I would be critical that that balance is not there in the programme for Government. I am keen to hear the witnesses’ analysis of policy development in this area. Do they think the Government is getting the...