Results 241-260 of 573 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I will finish there. I hope I will get a chance to come back to the witnesses again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I again thank the witnesses for their contributions. I also cannot fit everything into one minute. Some of the areas I had wanted to drill down further into include AI in democracy and in defence in particular, so the things that keep us up at night. For instance, I have heard the term "no human kill chain", which is definitely keeping me awake at night. What is the research into this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Is there anything on defence? Is that featured in Dr. Seoighe's research?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: No problem. "No human kill chain" is a particularly nasty term.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the means by which his Department is ensuring that Irish citizen (details supplied) is receiving proper treatment in detention after her detainment on the 31 May by the Israeli police in the Occupied West Bank, in the Palestinian village of Masafer Yatta while she contests the deportation order of the Israeli authorities; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he is aware of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla setting sail for Gaza again on the Madleen to deliver humanitarian aid following the attack on by Israeli Armed Forces on a previous ship of the Freedom Flotilla recently off the coast of Malta, in an attempt to break the siege on Gaza and highlight the mass starvation of the people of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 285. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has consulted Defence Forces personnel regarding the proposed removal of the triple lock neutrality mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30728/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 441. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 345 of 4 March 2025 and 77 of 1 May 2025, the Government’s position on the European Commission’s Omnibus proposal on sustainability; if he will reconcile the conflicting responses given in wherein the Government both expresses support for the Corporate Sustainability Due...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 442. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 4 March 2025 and No. 77 of 1 May 2025, if he will clarify the Government’s position on the European Commission’s Omnibus proposal on sustainability, given the conflicting responses; and if any human rights assessment of the Omnibus has been undertaken. [28936/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flexible Work Practices (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 474. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he has figures on the number of workers making use of remote working and flexible working arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30725/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Small and Medium Enterprises (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 475. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the provisions his Department and bodies under its aegis have taken to assist SMEs in the case of an imposition of tariffs on the European Market by the United States of America; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30726/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Tourism Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 476. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department has examined the introduction of a Tourist Tax, in the context of similar measures being taken across Europe, and an increase in tourism to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30727/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Online Safety (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 729. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the steps he is taking at a policy level to tackle the identification and removal of online bots in Ireland, in light of recent research which highlighted the prevalence of bot activity from Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30721/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 730. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he has made provisions to continue and expand the basic income scheme for the arts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30722/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Council (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 731. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment how he plans to support and continue the work of the Arts Council, whether he is considering a budget allocation increase above the rate of inflation for the Arts Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30723/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Sports Funding (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 732. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether he will review current funding for national sporting organisations; if he is considering a budget allocation increase above the rate of inflation for Sporting Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30724/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 1545. To ask the Minister for Health whether she is considering including hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) in the long-term illness scheme, as it is a lifelong condition which requires medication throughout the lives of sufferers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30108/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (29 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: At a meeting of the Oireachtas media committee yesterday, RTÉ executives revealed yet more wasted spending at the State broadcaster. An IT project, specifically a channel management system, went over budget by nearly €1 million. This comes just weeks after we learned, for the first time, about a €3.6 million writedown for another botched IT project. That is nearly...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I really appreciate the opportunity, and many thanks to the witnesses for their contributions this morning. I have a few specific questions but I will start by picking up on comments Ms Maguire has made about that connection between neutrality and the triple lock. In her answers to Deputy O'Meara, she said that it is not impacted. Is that really the Department's line, that neutrality will...

Committee on Defence and National Security: General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2025: Discussion (29 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Because I have only two minutes, could Ms Maguire answer just that specific question?