Results 261-280 of 414 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Vacant Properties (8 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 1078. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been derelict, in tabular form; and his plans to bring any vacant or derelict buildings back into use. [17479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Vacant Properties (8 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 1094. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been derelict, in tabular form; and his plans to bring any vacant or derelict buildings back into use. [17484/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (3 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I will jump on one phrase the Minister used. I know it has been essentially a policy that Government spokespeople have used. It is that people are "able" to work after the age of 55. I raised this question on the back of a meeting I had with Dublin firefighters and their union representatives last week. They spoke to me about the specific dangers that their vocation introduced into their...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (3 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I appreciate the liability of the State in terms of pension services but the fact that the supplementary pension has not been a feature since 2013 shows that these uniformed services are a casualty of that policy. Besides the moral obligation we have to these workers who have provided crucial services to our society in the course of their careers, I would also speak to the retention...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (3 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 92. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has taken any steps to address issues with the fast accrual (uniformed) single public service pension scheme for uniformed services recruited after 2013; if his Department plans to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16472/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Pension Provisions (3 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The changes to the public service pension scheme in 2013 essentially created, first, an anomaly and, now, something that has crystalised into policy in respect of fast accrual. Has the Department taken any steps to address issues with the fast accrual single public service pension scheme for members of uniformed services recruited after 2013, specifically the lack of a supplementary pension...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (3 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 200. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has engaged with representatives of the Defence Forces, An Garda Síochána, fire brigades, or prison officers since January 2024 on the issues with the fast accrual (uniformed) single public service pension scheme for uniformed services recruited after 2013, if he will provide the dates of those engagements,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (3 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 201. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if it is the policy of his Department that those working in the uniformed services and covered by the fast accrual (uniformed) single public service pension recruited after 2013 are expected to take up a new profession after their retirement from those services in order to maintain their standard of living until State pension age; and...

Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] (1 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I too welcome this motion. Gabhaim buíochas le Sinn Féin as ucht an rún seo a chur os comhair na Dála. I wish to speak to three main points in my comments. I will discuss the impact that these weather events are having on communities, lives and livelihoods across Ireland, our need to build climate resilience and what we really want from assistance schemes in order...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Since 2016, there has been an almost 70% increase in the number of aircraft permitted to bring weapons of war through Ireland or on Irish-registered aircraft. A significant number of flights carrying weapons destined for Israel have travelled through Irish airspace without permission. One would have to wonder, given the carte blanche that apparently exists in the relevant Department, why...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: They are the facts.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

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An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (1 Apr 2025)

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Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Relations (1 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 229. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of his phone call discussion with US Commerce Secretary (details supplied) on 24 March 2025; whether the Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 was mentioned during that phone call; and, if so, the discussions regarding the bill. [15356/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 167. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on whether Irish provided aid is being permitted to enter Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15499/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (1 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on any work his Department is undertaking to comply with the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice regarding the illegal occupation by Israel of Palestinian Territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15497/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (1 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details on any engagement he or his officials have had with the Israeli government following Israeli bombardment of a hospital in Gaza where Irish medical personnel were working; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15498/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: European Council (1 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has been briefed regarding ReArm Europe plans following the European council recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15459/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Military Aircraft (1 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 211. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on the number of inspections of military aircraft carrying munitions of war that took place in Ireland since January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15561/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (1 Apr 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 215. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens that have sought permission from the Government to accept titles of honour or nobility in the past five years, pursuant to article 40.2.2 of the Constitution, and whether that permission was granted. [14993/25]