Results 1-20 of 758 for speaker:Sinéad Gibney

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Meetings (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 178. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on Ireland's contributions at the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development which was held in Seville recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40568/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 179. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's position on sovereign debt restructuring and debt forgiveness in the global south in the context of the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development which was held in Seville recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40569/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 180. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has raised concerns at EU level over the cuts to aid and development funding and increased emphasis on military spending, and its potential impact on diplomatic relations with countries across the global south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40570/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 181. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has created contingency plans to help Irish citizens in the US should they be deported by the Trump administration to imprisonment in El Salvador. [40635/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 182. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are response plans in place to assist Irish citizens in the US should they be deported by the Trump administration to a third country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40636/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Irish Communities Abroad (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 183. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of the number of Irish citizens are currently detained by ICE in the United States; if his Department is aware of where these citizens are being held; if they have been able to provide consular assistance to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40637/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Reports (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 184. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will conduct an impact assessment on the potential application of tariffs between the EU and US markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40672/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Data (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 185. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the cause of the breakdown of negotiations between the EU and the US which has resulted in the imposition of tariffs on the EU by the current US administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40673/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 194. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service which are operational, and currently able to patrol Irish waters. [40639/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 195. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to ensure Ireland has adequate personnel to staff Naval Service ships and adequately patrol Irish waters. [40640/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fuel Inspections (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 223. To ask the Minister for Finance whether his Department has raised any concerns around the high level of fossil fuel financing which comes through Ireland, its potential impact on Ireland's climate targets and global decarbonisation efforts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40638/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 266. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with representative groups for voice actors on the protection of their work and their voices from use by artificial intelligence (AI) companies to train models or to provide AI-generated voice-overs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40643/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 274. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether additional funding will be granted to the competent authorities and fundamental rights authorities designated under the EU Artificial Intelligence Act in order to facilitate the exercise of their duties under the act and ensure a high quality of regulation and application of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Meetings (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 278. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has engaged with representative groups for musicians and music producers on how to best legislate for reform of copyright laws and ensure fair remuneration for their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40641/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Policies (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 279. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will release a timeline on the publishing of the Government's action plan on the promotion of collective bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40671/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 280. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the supports his Department has provided to SMEs to reduce the impact of tariffs on their businesses; if these supports were financial or non-financial; if they were targeted to particular sectors; and if they were targeted to SMEs or to all businesses, in tabular form. [40675/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 281. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department have taken to mitigate job losses, job displacement, and lower levels of new recruitment due to the adoption of artificial intelligence, as reported (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40701/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 282. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department is collecting or tracking any data on labour displacement due to artificial intelligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40702/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 356. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if there have been any funding or grant requests with his Department or bodies under its aegis in the past 12 months for the operation of pop-up pools. [40566/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Grant Payments (17 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 357. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if his Department is aware of any pop-up pools which were funded through capital grants from his Department or Sport Ireland which are not currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40567/25]