Results 261-280 of 1,101 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 719. To ask the Minister for Finance given the International Court of Justice's ruling on climate change, calling it an "urgent and existential threat", the proactive steps the Government will take to stop fossil fuel investment being channelled through Ireland, specifically to stop Irish-based subsidiaries from fossil fuel investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43754/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 768. To ask the Minister for Finance his Department’s position on the recent comments by a person (details supplied) in the context of the Irish economy’s reliance on fossil fuel investments, infrastructure, and use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44264/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 712. To ask the Minister for Finance the number of full time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43659/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Departmental Policies (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 713. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [43677/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fossil Fuel (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 720. To ask the Minister for Finance whether Irish sovereign funds are invested in fossil fuel industries; the steps his Department is taking to ensure Ireland's investments are green investments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43755/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2026 (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 778. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if the well-being framework will be utilised in formulating key target areas of budget 2026; if consideration is given to how the Sustainable Development Goals could map onto the well-being framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43989/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 833. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific terms under which the National Concert Hall site was allocated for the National Children’s Science Museum project; the duration, cost-sharing and oversight mechanisms; if the OPW has assessed the impact of construction on the National Concert Hall’s operations and heritage status; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Projects (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 834. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the predicted construction cost for the National Children’s Science Museum project; and the costs that have been incurred to date. [43620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 835. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are concerns regarding state aid rules relating to the National Children’s Science Museum project as a similar museum, Explorium, is now in operation 10 km from the proposed site. [43621/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 836. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason there is no specific allocation in the national development plan for the Gaeltacht; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 837. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43665/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Information and Communications Technology (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 838. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [43683/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 845. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps his Department is taking to ensure the implementation of the public sector equality and human rights duty in the operation of his Department and any related State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44244/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 846. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps his Department is taking to ensure the implementation of the public sector equality and human rights duty in the public procurement practices of his Department and any related State bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44248/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Inquiries (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 853. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether he is supportive of the Wild Atlantic EuroPride bid, which seeks to make counties Limerick and Clare the hosts of EuroPride 2028 [43885/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 909. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in view of recent incidents of AI chatbots producing and posting racist and antisemitic content, the steps he is taking to ensure that AI chatbots in use in Ireland do not post hateful and harmful content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42291/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Employment Data (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 956. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of full time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43658/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Information and Communications Technology (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 957. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [43676/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Oireachtas Committees (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 965. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline his Department's position on the Oireachtas joint committee on enterprise report on the EU Omnibus proposal; if the Government will use the report at the EU level to advocate for the protection of environmental and human rights safeguards in the supply chain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43770/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 966. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment in the context of proposals for an AI observatory and the clear impact of AI on the employment market demonstrated in independent research, the concrete actions he will take to pre-empt and mitigate the displacement of labour by AI, particularly in more lucrative industries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43889/25]