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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It is wonderful to hear all the analysis and statistics that are proving what a lot of us believe, which is that we have an economy that values a certain type of work. This type of pilot shows us there is other work that happens in society that should be just as valued and, when it is valued, we all benefit from it. It really is wonderful to hear that. I welcome the six-month extension...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I do not think we should confine this to artists; that is my entire point. I also push back on the suggestion of renaming of it. The concept of a "basic income" is something that has been championed for many decades now as a way to provide certainty and a safety net for many people who live with precarious labour. I mentioned farmers. There are seasonal farmers who have to spend months of...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Artists' Remuneration (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It spoke about retaining a reference to the concept of a "basic income".

Community Pharmacy Agreement: Statements (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The relationship that many of us have with our pharmacists is often a very important one. To demonstrate that, there is only a handful of people on my Christmas baking list beyond my family, but my pharmacist is right up there at the top. I really welcome that in recent years we have seen the expansion of the role that pharmacies play in communities. They can be such a hub for support for...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 28. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to consider expanding funding opportunities for amateur theatre productions in order to support the wider theatre scene and access to theatre at all levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52576/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sport and Recreational Development (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 37. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps taken to support and increase participation in sport for traditionally excluded populations, such as the trans community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52577/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Policy (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 46. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps his Department is taking to improve access to the arts, particularly in terms of accessibility of arts spaces for disabled people and the inclusion of ethnic minorities and disadvantaged socioeconomic populations in the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Funding (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 51. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to consider the introduction of a capital grant system similar to the sports capital grant for arts and cultural infrastructure, in order to ensure adequate provision and upgrading of arts and cultural spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 337. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the amount of money reimbursed to private operators since 2022 for the operation of the free travel scheme for over-66s, broken down by year and by operator, in tabular form. [52876/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 338. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for a breakdown of the current cost of the free travel pass scheme; the number of people currently availing of a free travel pass; and the average cost of the free travel pass per year for an individual. [52877/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (2 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 339. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether payment rates for private operators included in the free travel scheme are based on actual use of free travel on routes, estimated usage or through some other means of calculating the level of payment to these operators. [52878/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: Engagement with Institute of Public Health (30 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I might shift specifically to alcohol and data. Are there particular issues around the data picture for alcohol-related measures and alcohol-related public health prevention areas? Obviously, for example, we have seen the alcohol labelling sadly delayed by the Government recently on what I would describe as the very tenuous basis of tariff concerns. Is this an area where we can do more as...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Older People: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank everyone for being here and for their statements. I had the privilege of working in this very specific area of digital literacy for older people. I worked in Google for a period. The flagship programme that we ran in the corporate social responsibility team was called age engage. I worked with many of the witnesses' organisations to develop programmes to help bridge that digital...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Older People: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Exactly. There is a really interesting point within this. I have great admiration for the NGOs working in the ageing space in Ireland on older people's rights. They do an incredible job. There is great co-operation across the sector as well. This is addressed to Mr. Moynihan and to anybody else who has comments on this. Is the Government doing enough to include civil society in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Older People: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I think they need to be flipped.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Older People: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I am going to move on, to give Ms Loftus and Ms Casey a chance, please.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Older People: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Does Ms Loftus believe the EU AI Act facilitates that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Older People: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank Ms Loftus. I will give Ms Casey an opportunity to jump in as well.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Older People: Discussion (30 Sep 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I apologise in advance for my rudeness because I will have to ask the questions and then run. I must be over on the other side of the campus in three minutes. I will watch back the answers. Today has been hugely helpful. It is clear there are ways in which we consider the needs of older people and there are ways in which we do not. This area is a huge timebomb. Recently we saw with the...