Results 221-240 of 1,101 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 133. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the Hague Group meeting in Colombia; if Ireland will be committing to implementing the six measures as agreed at the meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43771/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 77. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has given approval for the transfer of military weaponry or personnel through Irish airspace, from the period 28 May to date in 2025, to the State of Israel; and if his Department is aware of the use of military aircraft in the above-mentioned operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42294/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 78. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has given approval for the transfer of military weaponry or personnel through Irish airspace from the period 28 May to date in 2025; if his Department is aware of the use of military aircraft in the operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42295/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 124. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43660/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Equipment (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 125. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether his Department has a policy or goal of better insourcing of IT requirements and needs of the Department for better cybersecurity, autonomy, and crisis management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43678/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 126. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason his Department has not published the names of those in the US Strategic Economic Advisory Panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43717/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 127. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether members of the Strategic Economic Advisory Panel have ever lobbied the Irish Government in their work outside of the panel; if they are on the lobbying register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43718/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 128. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Strategic Economic Advisory Panel has discussed increased government spending on arms and other US produced goods in the context of US trade and tariff mitigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43719/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Bodies (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 129. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Strategic Economic Advisory Panel discussed the inclusion of both goods and services in the Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025, or other matters related to Palestine and the genocide in Gaza in the context of US trade; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Debt Relief (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 131. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland's official position on global debt refinancing and forgiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43767/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Debt Relief (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 132. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will be advocating for debt forgiveness for lower income countries to address the global aid shortfalls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43768/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 135. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of evacuation processes in place for university students granted places at Irish universities to escape Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43962/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 136. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason there have been no evacuation flights from Gaza since April 2025; the reason there are no plans for further evacuation flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43963/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 137. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide detailed clarification of the potential access and the protections to market access, arising from the so-called "negative list" in the CETA trade agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43990/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 138. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on Ireland's position as outlined in the European Commission Review of Trade and Sustainable Development Ireland position paper for 2022; and whether it is still the position of the Government that trade agreements that Ireland is party to should "demand an increased focus on environmental, social and...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 139. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will request a strengthening of regulatory enforcement mechanisms in CETA before attempting to ratify it in Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43992/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 140. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm that "The State shall not be bound by any international agreement involving a charge upon public funds unless the terms of the agreement shall have been approved by Dáil Éireann" as detailed in Article 29.5.2° of the Constitution with regards to any potential ratification of CETA; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 141. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland is held to any explicit timeline for progressing the ratification of CETA, noting that at least nine other European Member States have yet to do so; if Ireland it potentially at risk of a challenge for not making a ratification decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43995/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: United Nations (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 142. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress he has made in lobbying for continued support of the UN Security Council mandate for the UNIFIL mission; if he intends to support a Uniting for Peace Resolution at the UN General Assembly should its mandate not be renewed by the UN Security Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43997/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Diaspora Issues (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 143. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the consultation that has been conducted by his Department with the Irish diaspora on voting rights for new emigrants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44118/25]