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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (13 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I was deeply concerned and dismayed by reports in the media that the Government is planning to completely axe cost-of-living supports without any indication being offered about this being tied to evidence of a reduction in the cost of living. I am seeking clarity on the matter. Will any cessation of cost-of-living supports and payments in the next budget, as reported, be benchmarked against...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (13 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the Minister for his answer. While he detailed many different economic terms, I am not hearing about the real day-to-day experience of people whose cost-of-living challenges are forcing them to choose between heat and food, to make very difficult decisions and to live with the stress of these kinds of announcements that come from Government with very little regard for their...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Cost of Living Issues (13 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The word "progressive" was used, yet the measures such as electricity credits that we saw in the past few years were not targeted. If that is what the Government believes to be a progressive measure, then it needs to look at it again. We welcome better targeted measures. Those electricity credits, while important, should be better targeted to assist those families who most need them. I...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Official Engagements (13 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 127. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether officials from his Department have met with lobbyists from the arms industry in the past 12 months; the dates and attendees of these meetings; the agenda of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5450/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Budget 2026 (13 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 170. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if reported plans (details supplied) to not have a cost-of-living package in Budget 2026 will affect existing supports such as the one-off social welfare bonuses in Budget 2025 and the domestic energy credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5421/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (13 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 176. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if there are plans to introduce a system of real-time oversight of public spending, in order that overspends and budgetary issues can be monitored between the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5444/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Expenditure Policy (13 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 177. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will share the priority matrix or other details of a mechanism of how capital projects will be selected and prioritised under the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5445/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 196. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment rates for primary schools in Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR, Ballinteer_Stepaside_DLR, Goatstown_Stillorgan_DLR, and Kilternan school planning areas, broken down by school, and language of instruction, in tabular form. [5451/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (13 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 197. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the enrolment rates for post-primary schools in Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR, Ballinteer_Stepaside_DLR, Goatstown_Stillorgan_DLR, and Kilternan school planning areas, broken down by school, and language of instruction, in tabular form. [5452/25]

Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (12 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: We in the Social Democrats reject this Bill. We want to rebuild public trust in the State, trust which has been chipped away and eroded over the years by scandals of misused public funds, by headlines about waste and lavish spending, by a failure to look after taxpayers’ money and by a proliferation of ministerial appointments. Creidimid, mar Dhaonlathaithe Sóisialta, sa...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Artificial Intelligence (12 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 205. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will confirm his intentions, under Protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to opt-in to the relevant 'freedom, security and justice' parts of the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689); if he will outline the reasoning for the same; if he will confirm that the information as outlined on the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (11 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: To reiterate, I believe a formal terms of reference would be helpful in this case, again watching out for, within that membership, the interests of big business and how much it is going to influence the policy development of this country. I appreciate the points about the diaspora and it is important that we harness that network as much as we can. It is in the context that I have mentioned...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (11 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 4. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the composition of the new US-based strategic economic advisory panel; if the members will be remunerated; to outline the scope of the new US-based strategic economic advisory panel; if it has a terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4820/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (11 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I wish the Tánaiste well in his role and I look forward to collaborating with him. I worked very well with his brother in my previous role as chief commissioner of IHREC and I hope to collaborate with the Tánaiste similarly. My question relates to the announcement from the Department last week of the establishment of the strategic economic advisory panel, a US-based group that...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Departmental Bodies (11 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the Tánaiste. It is good to hear remuneration will not be part of it. I am still keen to hear more details about the terms of reference and membership. I appreciate the invitation will give details. For clarity and transparency for us as elected representatives in the Dáil, and for the Irish public, it is important that we know exactly on what conditions the group is...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (11 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Go raibh maith agat. Last week, we saw a proposal from the Government to water down the occupied territories Bill 2018 to the point that would remove services from it. It is imperative that we enact this Bill as it is, with the legal improvements that have been made to make it secure against any test at EU level and bring it to commencement immediately in this House.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (11 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 57. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement his Department has had with the United States and Israel regarding the statements from the US President on the ethnic cleansing of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4823/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (11 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 73. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has engaged with the Moroccan government regarding the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4804/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Middle East (11 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 74. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Israel and/or the United States have engaged with him or his Department in the past three months regarding the potential enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; if so, the nature of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4808/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Artificial Intelligence (11 Feb 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI; and if he will make a...