Results 661-680 of 1,107 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Sales (19 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 382. To ask the Minister for Health her views that labelling regulations would apply to all alcohol sold in the State, not merely alcohol produced in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33469/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses for being here. We had an informative session last night and I have no doubt that today I will be learning a lot. As a new committee member, it is incredibly helpful to hear directly from them all. I have questions for everybody but I might not get to everybody in my first round. I will start with Virgin Media. The issue of funding was spoken about. In...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Where should the balance lie between the support of public service broadcasting at RTÉ and TG4 in comparison with public service broadcasting done by other channels and producers of content?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Related to that, how are we able to ensure workers' rights are respected by organisations in receipt of State funding that are not under the aegis of the State? Plenty of members of the committee are aware that there are many issues with those bodies that still need to be dealt with but obviously there is even less scrutiny or oversight of bodies that are not under the aegis of the State.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: While I appreciate that Virgin Media Television has the same obligations as any corporate entity, we are aware of many issues with bogus self-employment, for example. Has that issue arisen for the company in ways that it wants to tackle?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Does that mean at the same time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Does that provide for adequate workers' rights given the issues that have arisen?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Ms Ní Chaoindealbháin is happy enough with it. I have some questions now for Screen Producers Ireland. I understand from the opening statements that the organisation welcomes the provisions for independent commissioning and hopes the figure increases beyond 25%. I have some specific questions on that. First, in an ideal world, what proportion of that funding would go to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Specifically on that, does Ms Kirby have a figure in mind on what that might stretch to over a period of years? What might the balance be between in-house versus independent production?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: What would the balance between in-house versus independent commissioning look like in a healthy environment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: That has thrown me because I had a load of questions that I was going to fire quickly. I put out a question last night which has just yielded some interesting answers and I would like to hear from the witnesses. It concerns their view of big tech. We have talked a little bit about how the advertising landscape has shifted. Do the witnesses support the view that platforms should be...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Middle East (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 50. To ask the Minister for Finance if Irish sovereign wealth and investment funds will divest their holdings in Israel, the illegally occupied territories in Palestine and the Golan Heights, in light of his statement on the matter in February 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33155/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Middle East (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance if his Department will direct the Ireland strategic investment fund to disperse its current holdings in Israeli sovereign debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33156/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 169. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department is making or will make provisions on continuing and expanding schemes aimed at reducing period poverty at the policy as well as at local level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33154/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (18 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if, in light of the recent approval of a total economic and academic boycott of Israel by Trinity College Dublin, he plans to discuss this matter with other higher education institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33152/25]

Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (17 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: While certain aspects of this Bill are welcome, such as the exemption adjustments and consideration for homes with defective blocks, it fundamentally fails to address some of the issues at the core of our local property tax system. These are issues that have long been raised by the Social Democrats. Our cofounder, Catherine Murphy, highlighted these issues from the outset. We would like to...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (17 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Under Standing Order 35(3), I wish to move an amendment to the Order of Business. Grocery prices are currently out of control and are continuing to soar. Compared to 2021, families are now spending about €3,000 more in the supermarket. Along with all the other increases we are seeing in the prices of energy, rent and houses, this is having a devastating impact on families who are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank everyone for being here. It is a really interesting session to have so many disparate voices and different voices from across the sector. I am really enjoying the discussion so far. I want to build on some of Deputy Carrigy’s questions. On some of the advertising funding that has shifted into big tech, do the witnesses support the view of platforms as publishers? I will...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (Resumed) (17 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Does Mr. Purcell see scope within this legislation for that?