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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Other colleagues have covered some of the topics. When the associations come before the committee in a few weeks' time what should we ask them?

Select Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Estimates for Public Services 2025
Vote 33 - Culture, Communications and Sport (Further Revised) (15 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The Minister is before the committee and that is why I asked the question.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses. I am sorry that I had to pop out to the Chamber briefly. To pick up on the gender questions, one that has always intrigued me is the use of the term “ladies” rather than “women.” I am not a lady. I do not consider myself a lady. I find it an exclusionary term. It is not that funny. I have studied it in equality studies and, genuinely,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Does anybody else have a view?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Integration of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association and the Camogie Association with the GAA: Gaelic Players Association (15 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Yes, exactly.

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Policy (14 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 550. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the timelines for applications and commencement of the successor scheme to the basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55109/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Arts Policy (14 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 551. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the successor scheme to the basic income for the arts scheme will provide the same level of support to the same number of artists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55110/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: In this budget, the Government has clearly prioritised big business interests and big developers over ordinary people, ordinary families and ordinary businesses. It is a "McBudget". It is hard to swallow what has been put forward, particularly when the Government had the chance to lift 40,000 children out of poverty, help families who are struggling by providing targeted energy credits,...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Offices (8 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 190. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the staffing resources in the AI office that will be allocated to the office's planned regulatory function, in comparison to the other functions of the office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54213/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Offices (8 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 191. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of staffing resources being allocated to the new AI office, by grade; whether there is a timeline for filling those roles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54214/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Offices (8 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 192. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps being taken to create the necessary independence in regulatory functions of the new AI office under article 70 of the EU AI Act; the way in which the work of staff tasked with regulatory functions is being separated from those with functions to do with promoting business; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Offices (8 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 193. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether his Department is using the services of consultancy firms in setting up the new AI office; and if so, the amount spent on fees to consultancy firms to date. [54216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Offices (8 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 194. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the way in which the public sector duty is being integrated into the work of the new AI office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54217/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Budget Statement 2026 (7 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Hear, hear.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank everyone for being here. I am sorry I missed the opening statements. I had another engagement. I am delighted to hear the contributions throughout. I will drill down further into privacy. It is an area I have some of the biggest concerns about. It is a different situation for people with disabilities when they give personal information to screen readers and other applications....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Dr. Begley mentioned the CRPD but we do not have a date scheduled for the next examination for Ireland, do we?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Do we?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The public sector duty was mentioned in an earlier contribution and I was really glad it was referenced because I do not feel we are integrating our human rights and equality concerns and the duty itself into our attitude to AI policy. Our strategy makes barely any reference to fundamental rights and no reference at all to equality. How do we play catch-up in this space? What would a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: They are just so lengthy, though.