Results 141-160 of 414 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Assessment of Need: Motion [Private Members] (20 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Hi, Cara. We have not had a chance to meet yet, but thank you for everything you are doing. I hope to pop out to you tomorrow morning to say hello. I have met so many people in the disability community and in my work in the rights and equality space who, like Cara, have had to become advocates and experts in rights and equality simply to realise their own rights because the State is...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (20 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 256. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the policy of the Defence Forces regarding the recruitment of people with autism and ADHD to the permanent and reserve Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25173/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 351. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the Department that will take responsibility for the National Children's Science Centre once completed by the OPW; the way in which this will be funded annually; if funded by the State, the way in which this impacts other operators in terms of State aid; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25159/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 352. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific terms under which the National Concert Hall site was allocated for the National Children’s Science Museum project, including duration, cost-sharing, and oversight mechanisms; if the OPW has assessed the impact of construction on the National Concert Hall’s operations and heritage status; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (20 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 362. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the specific terms under which the National Concert Hall site was allocated for the National Children's Science Museum project, including duration, cost-sharing, and oversight mechanisms; whether the OPW has assessed the impact of construction on the National Concert Hall's operations and heritage status; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (20 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 374. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of Irish companies exporting parts for military drones to companies (details supplied) in Israel, as reported in the media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25238/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Export Controls (20 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 375. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the checks in place to ensure dual-use goods exported from Ireland are not used for military purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25239/25]

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the Minister of State for his statement. I can imagine how difficult it is to sit here and listen to every single Deputy talk about the challenges in his or her area, but I am going to have to add my own to the list. Being unable to get a test affects people in so many different ways. It is not just about their independence. It is about being able to reach whole swathes of the...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Billionaire Denis O'Brien, who was found by a tribunal to have given corrupt payments to Michael Lowry, has a new problem with the rights for ordinary Irish workers. Speaking at a recent event, O'Brien described working from home as a load of nonsense and part of an entitlement culture that has totally destroyed our work ethic and compromised productivity. I will park the irony of a man who...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Will the Taoiseach take this opportunity to criticise O'Brien's remarks? Does the Government have plans to strengthen the right work from home?

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Gabhaim buíochas leis an nGrúpa Teicniúil um Neamhspleáigh agus Páirtithe as ucht an Bille seo a thabhairt os comhair na Dála. We in the Social Democrats are happy to support this Bill. I speak first to some of the comments made by the Minister of State's colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Dillon, in his response to this legislation. I wish to push back...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Business of Joint Committee (14 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I am the Social Democrats TD for Dublin Rathdown and I am delighted to be on the committee. As the Chair said, it is a very wide and diverse one. With regard to my areas of interest, I am particularly interested in misinformation, disinformation and malinformation. I have an overlap with tech, having worked in the tech sector and also formerly as chief commissioner for the Irish Human...

Parental Choice in Education: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank Deputy Jen Cummins for the great work she has put into this. I oppose the Government's amendment, which is so disappointing given that these are really practical and strong recommendations that we believe can bring to life the parental choice we are all seeking in the education system. This is a rights issue for me. I was in Geneva in 2016 in my previous work in the human rights...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: In answer to the first of the two questions posed by the Tánaiste, I am aware that, of course, there are other countries that are militarily neutral that do not have a triple lock. However, they did not arrive at their position of neutrality in the same historic pathway as we did with the Nice and Lisbon treaties, simple as that. The other question the Tánaiste asked concerned...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: No, I asked when it was prevented by the UN General Assembly.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 155. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if a peacekeeping mission deployment has ever been unable to proceed due to the lack of agreement of the UN General Assembly, as provided for in the in the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006, since the introduction of the triple lock following the Nice and Lisbon treaties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18307/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: In the context of the ongoing discussions around the triple lock, which have been referenced, and the Government's proposal to dismantle it, I ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether a peacekeeping mission deployment has ever been unable to proceed due to the lack of agreement of the UN General Assembly since the introduction of the triple lock, which is a measure provided for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the Tánaiste for his answer. Once again he said he supports military neutrality but it appears not when we see the actions the Government is taking and this proposal before us. While he positions the change as something he has to do because he cannot secure the UN mandate, the facts do not justify it. I am left to assume he does not want to have that UN mandate applied to our...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Neutrality (8 May 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 239. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence whether other countries participating in the 2025 EU battlegroup have raised issues with his Department with the triple lock; if he will provide details of any such engagement;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18308/25]

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

Sinéad Gibney: 309. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Ireland’s position in ongoing European Council negotiations in relation to the European Commission’s Omnibus I and its proposal to undo core elements of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23004/25]