Sinéad Gibney

380. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence whether there are current peacekeeping missions her Department would like to participate in; whether they have sought a mandate from the UN General Assembly or Security Council for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44194/26]

381. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence if she will commit to ensuring UN oversight via the Security Council or General Assembly is maintained as a key provision in the proposed Defence (Amendment) Bill 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44195/26]

1461. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department will consider potential criminal involvement in occupation, apartheid and genocide in the service of the IDF as a disqualifying factor to receive a visa to enter Ireland. [44174/26]

122. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will confirm if his engagements with media commissioners in Coimisiún na Meán were minuted; and if he will publish any existing minutes relating to this engagement in the wake of the April fuel protests. [40697/26]

123. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he made further contact with Coimisiún na Meán to seek investigations relating to the April fuel protests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40698/26]

124. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department was involved in the decision to label the note of his engagement with Coimisiún na Meán as ‘confidential’; and if so, if he will comment on the justification of the decision. [40699/26]

125. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will release the answers he received from his query (details supplied) on the possibility of investigations on reporting surrounding April's fuel protests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40700/26]

4. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of concerns regarding the investor court system established in the CETA deal, particularly the potential need for EU-wide consent for the termination of CETA as well as the possible 20-year post-termination obligations that Ireland would still face. [38316/26]

52. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will set out a timeline for the introduction of the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 as well as its current status; if a sanctions package against Israel is being considered; and if she will highlight any steps or processes taken in relation to this. [38317/26]

77. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department is aware of difficulties encountered by widowed and single parents in renewing their child’s passport; and if her Department is preparing to take action to ensure these parents are supported. [38319/26]

32. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she is aware of the kidnapping of Irish citizens in international waters by Israeli forces; and the reason she did not take action to support them under the humanitarian relief carve-out of the Defence (Amendment) Act 2006. [33325/26]

302. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health if any policy or regulatory provision exists that restricts the ability of general practitioners to prescribe hormones to transgender patients; and, if so, the legal basis for this restriction. [38288/26]

4. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport following recent reports regarding the raising of the Coimisiún na Meán levy on radio by nearly 70% from 2024, the way in which he plans to support local and independent radio broadcasters with these unexpected rises. [33369/26]

92. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence if she has met with a group (details supplied); and to detail the work she has carried out to investigate and tackle misogyny in the Armed Forces. [33327/26]

103. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence if her Department has engaged with the United Nations General Assembly to bring forward the criteria for the fulfilment of the Defence Act and Triple Lock requirements; and to detail the action taken to work with international partners on this issue. [33324/26]

131. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence if she is aware of four meetings held between the Defence Forces and public representatives regarding support for homeless and struggling Defence Force veterans; and if she can clarify the action she has taken to support these individuals. [33326/26]

215. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence if her Department will provide details on the hiring processes of the armed forces which ensure vulnerable peoples are not put at risk at any stage of the process; and that safeguarding procedures are in place. [31780/26]

216. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence if her Department has purchased weapons classified as dual-use goods; and to provide a breakdown of the use of these goods in either a military or non-military capacity within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31781/26]

265. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is aware of any State investment in companies headquartered in the State of Israel, Occupied Palestinian Territories or companies which have appeared on UN blacklist reports by the relevant Special Rapporteur; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31791/26]

282. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will provide the data relating to the number of individuals in the workforce who are paid at a below minimum wage rate; and if he will take action to eliminate the lower than minimum wage rate of pay for workers under 20 years-of-age. [31783/26]

283. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide data on the cost of private sector contracts where a service was previously publicly provided from 2021 to date; and if his Department has or will conduct a study on the cost of such contracts to the public purse. [31785/26]

322. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will detail his strategy to support public sector broadcasting in both the long and short-term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31784/26]

364. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has consulted with disability rights groups on the call to raise the base rate of disability allowance to €350 per week; and if he supports the continued means testing of this allowance. [31788/26]

365. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will provide the data relating to the number of applicants to the disability allowance whose applications were rejected on the basis of failing the means test component. [31789/26]

236. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that there are many Irish mother and baby institutional survivors living in the UK, many of whom have been deterred from making an application to the compensation scheme operated by the Government, due to the risk of losing their benefits payment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31263/26]