Results 301-320 of 1,101 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Pension Provisions (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 1838. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department is aware of pension vesting practices for defined-benefit pensions pre-2000 which allow companies to deny employees with fewer than five years’ service their accrued pension rights; whether his Department has any plans to retrospectively protect the effected employees; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 1861. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43667/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Information and Communications Technology (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 1862. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection 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. [43685/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2036. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is aware of Palestinian students being refused student visas as their scholarships provided through public third level students are not “official Government scholarships”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42296/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2037. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department’s position on the denial of visas to Palestinian students as their scholarships, which are funded by public universities, are not “official Government scholarships”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42297/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legislative Measures (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2038. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has examined the wider impact of the Communications (Interception and Lawful Access) Bill on privacy of individuals; if the infringement of privacy, including proposals which may lead to an end to encrypted messaging, is proportional to the public policy aims; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Refugee Resettlement Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2039. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is examining the expansion of family reunion schemes for Palestinian refugees in Ireland similar to current schemes applied to Syrian and Afghan refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42299/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Court Orders (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2125. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his position on the requirement for nightclubs to apply for a special exemption order for each night they are operating at great direct and legal costs to their business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43958/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2121. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of full time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43664/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Information and Communications Technology (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2122. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality 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. [43682/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality given significant concerns regarding EU plans for third country deportation, the steps he is taking to assess the consequences of such measures as well as the historical issues associated with such programmes before choosing to opt-in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44266/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2222. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the plans to ban or limit the practice of blood sports in Ireland such as hare coursing and fox hunting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43611/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Assisted Animal Reproduction (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2223. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will align Irish laws with those of other European countries and ban surgical insemination of racing greyhounds, as it is with all other types of dog breeds due to the cruel and harmful nature of the practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Assisted Animal Reproduction (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2224. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department monitors the number of greyhounds being surgically artificially inseminated; if he will provide those figures for the past three years, broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43613/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2228. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Information and Communications Technology (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2229. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [43670/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2487. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to address the cost of childcare in areas like Dublin Rathdown, where the cost is above the national average and previous interventions have been unable to bring it down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43607/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2488. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has engaged with the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science on ensuring that enough early years educators are trained and qualified to meet the need for early years education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43608/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2489. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department keeps statistics on the opening and closure of early years education and childcare settings; and if she will provide these figures broken down monthly, by local authority, and by capacity, for the past three years, in tabular form. [43609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 2490. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of Irish-medium early years services in operation, by local authority and capacity, in tabular form. [43610/25]