TDs / Sinéad Gibney

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Sinéad Gibney

Social Democrats Dublin Rathdown TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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858
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
179,395
words spoken in the chamber
Across 528 contributions
409
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
184
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 858 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 528 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 74 22
March 2025 18 18
April 2025 100 20
May 2025 20 24
June 2025 45 34
July 2025 212 35
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 27 19
October 2025 43 27
November 2025 48 37
December 2025 11 9
January 2026 45 28
February 2026 19 48
March 2026 19 16
April 2026 52 18
May 2026 13 25
June 2026 19 35
July 2026 34 39
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 18 23
October 2026 41 51

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 279 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Dublin Rathdown 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Social Democrats 29 November 2024 to now
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Justice
545. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the budget that was allocated to the Digitalisation of Justice Conference being organised by his Department as part of Ireland's EU presidency. [68162/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Education
341. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will engage with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the policy on incremental credits; and whether it adequately assesses past experience of teaching abroad. [67983/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Enterprise
24. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether issues with the process around the issuing of dual use export licences to end users in Israel (details supplied) has been fully resolved; and to explain the way in which such issues occurred. [66950/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Enterprise
53. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department will consider the creation of a dedicated unit aimed at promoting workers rights, providing workers with the information and support to exercise their rights, and supporting workers and businesses wishing to enter into collective bargaining agreements, in order to ensure high-quality, stable employment, particula…
Sinéad Gibney Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Enterprise
61. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the progress of the Action Plan to Promote Collective Bargaining. [66948/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Enterprise
68. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the plans his Department has to bring further legislation regulating the use of artificial intelligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66953/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Culture
338. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when applicants for the basic income for the arts scheme will be informed regarding the outcome of their application. [67069/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Culture
637. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the new national guidelines for the per cent for art scheme will be published. [64645/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Foreign
57. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to cease the use of Shannon Airport by the US military; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [61986/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
85. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps that have been taken by her Department to ensure human rights compliance by Indonesia in respect of West Papua, during negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58490/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
86. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the actions being taken by her, during Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union, to advance the “two-pronged approach” on economic and political measures against illegal Israeli settlements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58491/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Climate
227. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on Ireland’s policy priorities ahead of COP31 and Ireland’s position leading negotiations for the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58492/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Defence
285. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence for an update on the progress of the Multi Role Vessel Programme in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57953/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Defence
286. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence the progress her Department has made on increasing recruitment in the Defence Forces in the past 12 months. [57954/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Defence
287. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence the number who have left the permanent Defence Forces in the past 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57955/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Defence
288. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces applicants who did not progress to becoming members of the Permanent Defence Forces in the past three years; the breakdown of the reason they did not become members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57956/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Defence
289. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence whether she has engaged with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitilisation on reinstating the supplementary pension for members of the Permanent Defence Forces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57957/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Defence
290. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence the amount her Department has spent on recruitment advertisements for the Defence Forces in the past 12 months, broken down by whether the cost was directly associated with advertising, design, or consultancy fees, in tabular form. [57958/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Defence
291. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence the breakdown, by gender of current members of the Permanent Defence Forces; and a breakdown by gender of members of the Defence Forces recruited in the past three years, in tabular form. [57959/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Transport
581. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport if his Department was warned, or a risk assessment was carried out, regarding potential job losses at Shannon Airport or other regional airports, due to the increase in the Dublin Airport Passenger Capacity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58494/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
658. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department's position on the current EU allocation under the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the AgoraEU programme (details supplied); and whether Ireland will be seeking an increase in this allocation during the MFF negotiation process. [57482/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Enterprise
1045. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department will consider introducing legislation to ensure money held by ticket platforms for live music events and festivals is held on trust for the event and festival operators, similar to the arrangements for auctioneers when acting as an intermediary to a sale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57481/26…
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Enterprise
1046. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps his Department is taking to address to the increasingly widespread use of fire and rehire practices and mass redundancies across the tech sector in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57485/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Enterprise
1047. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department will engage with an organisation (details supplied) on the pattern of mass redundancies in the tech sector in Ireland and the continued practice of tech companies of not engaging or recognising trade unions in their workplaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57486/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Enterprise
1048. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether regarding recent developments (details supplied) his Department has engaged with the company in question or representatives of the workers to seek to preserve jobs and protect employees livelihoods; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57487/26]