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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It is 12 October.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: No, 12 October, this month.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: That is correct.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I find it baffling that the Minister cannot tell me why he has allowed this to happen. He is saying that it is the Department of Transport. Surely this is a foreign affairs issue, and surely he should be taking responsibility for it. It has been raised in this Chamber many times. It was bad enough that we have stood by and allowed munitions of war to pass through Irish airspace en route...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 92. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will consider not granting authorisation for future stopovers of US military planes and planes under the command of the US military in Shannon Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57130/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Aircraft (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: For a long time we have allowed the US military to use Shannon Airport. Over a number of years, we have seen countless protests on this subject - it has been decades, in fact - of a threat to our neutrality and a facilitation of US military operations which contravene our foreign policy. Despite this, on 12 October a US Department of War charter plane carrying troops and munitions of war to...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 89. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in the context of the recent ceasefire, the steps Ireland is taking to pursue accountability over the genocide in Gaza, and the continued occupation of the West Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57171/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I know we all welcome the ceasefire in Gaza, fragile as it is, as we heard this evening, but it is disheartening that Palestinians continue to die at the hands of Israel. With continuing illegal annexation of the West Bank and the Tánaiste's own words calling what happened in Gaza a genocide, what is he doing to seek accountability for these crimes against humanity?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: With respect, the Government has kicked the occupied territories Bill down the road. It appears set to exclude services, despite that being legally necessary and legally possible and recommended by Government backbenchers on the Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade. The ceasefire does not negate the ICJ ruling on the occupied territories, neither do statements on difficulties...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Middle East (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Of course I support the peace and of course we also support the priority of delivering aid to the starving people of Palestine, but that does not remove the elephant in the room of the occupied territories Bill, because that is the very tangible way we can enact sanctions and action against Israel. The aid and leadership we provided are very welcome, but people are keen to hear that, just...

Irish Unity: Motion [Private Members] (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Táimid uilig sásta go bhfuilimid ag iarraidh Éire aontaithe ach caithfimid an obair a dhéanamh ionas go dtarlóidh sé. We in the Social Democrats welcome this motion because the work needs to be done. We need to prepare for and implement the suggestions to build that road towards a united Ireland. They are not new suggestions. They have been knocking around...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses for their contributions so far. I find it really interesting not only because IHREC is the Article 77 body but also because I think it has a lot to offer, as a State agency, in giving its views on governance, particularly because IHREC is governed by the Paris Principles, which I will get onto in a second. I want to start on the public sector duty because Mr. Herrick...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: To pick up on some of the comments that have been made, I appreciate that AI does not change rights and equality. What is changes is speed, scale, scope and sophistication in the transgression of those rights and the experience of discrimination across a population. Ms Keatinge mentioned the Dutch example. That continues today, by the way. For the benefit of the committee, there are still...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: There is one final issue. I refer to a comment in Mr. Herrick's opening statement. He mentioned being wary of self-interested anti-regulatory discourse and the disastrous consequences this has had in other areas. Will he outline which other areas he is referencing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I love that Gibney comes after Geoghegan because we get quite a different viewpoint presented at the committee on a lot of these issues. I would argue for a start that I do not think we have got it right in terms of our data privacy work. The trace data exposé that recently came out will signal that. Regulation is an important way for businesses to operate. I personally believe in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: So it would not be possible to mix the two? If that aggregate is the only way to identify those defects, is that a barrier to identifying discrimination within that? Would it be a role for the Government or the State to bring together that data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It would need to be in the same set of data. How can we best handle end user consent or assent to AI? Currently, people just click "Yes" to cookies to make the banner go away. Could there be an opt-out or opt-in model at browser level? When we come to regulating AI, in what way could that be stronger than what we currently have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: We spoke earlier about the AI office and I covered off governance in my discussions with IHREC. I want to talk more about the constitution of the AI office. We know it is difficult for the State to compete with salaries in the tech space. Is that an issue? Is there anything we can do to overcome that? Is there something the State should be considering, particularly at the moment with...