10. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide figures on all the joint donor consortia or other collaborative arrangements which existed between Irish Aid and the United States Agency for International Development as at 31 January 2025, across the operational spectrum of Ireland’s international development engagement, broken down by country, by financial allocation an…
11. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has identified whether there are instances of such multi-donor instruments in which Ireland would be obliged to make up the shortfall for the precipitate cancellation of the United States Agency for International Development contribution; if he will provide an estimate of the budgetary implications thereof, including possib…
12. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the actions planned to be taken at EU level to coordinate Member States’ response to the vacuum created by the effective withdrawal of the United States Agency for International Development from the international development arena; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6582/25]
89. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will set out a detailed pathway for the transposition of the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive into Irish law; the timeline and steps for same; the Government Departments which will be involved; if it will include a public consultation process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6783/25]
90. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the position of his Department, in light of the European Commission’s omnibus simplification package due to be published on 26 February 2025, regarding the re-opening the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive; if he has engaged with stakeholders on the risks to human rights and environmental protections for victims of corporat…
121. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs whether there is a planned mechanism to maintain Irish neutrality in the absence of the triple lock protection; if he will provide details on that mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6400/25]
173. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the status of proposals outlined in the Programme for Government to remove the triple lock protection; when he plans to bring these proposals before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6401/25]
174. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether progress has been made on Ireland's National Action Plans on Women, Peace and Security regarding the protection and participation of women in the Defence Forces; to detail what progress has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6402/25]
64. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if reported plans (details supplied) to cease cost-of-living supports and payments in budget 2026 will be benchmarked against a reduction in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5420/25]
127. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether officials from his Department have met with lobbyists from the arms industry in the past 12 months; the dates and attendees of these meetings; the agenda of these meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5450/25]
170. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if reported plans (details supplied) to not have a cost-of-living package in Budget 2026 will affect existing supports such as the one-off social welfare bonuses in Budget 2025 and the domestic energy credit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5421/25]
176. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there are plans to introduce a system of real-time oversight of public spending, in order that overspends and budgetary issues can be monitored between the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5444/25]
177. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will share the priority matrix or other details of a mechanism of how capital projects will be selected and prioritised under the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5445/25]
196. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education the enrolment rates for primary schools in Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR, Ballinteer_Stepaside_DLR, Goatstown_Stillorgan_DLR, and Kilternan school planning areas, broken down by school, and language of instruction, in tabular form. [5451/25]
197. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education the enrolment rates for post-primary schools in Sallynoggin_Killiney_DLR, Ballinteer_Stepaside_DLR, Goatstown_Stillorgan_DLR, and Kilternan school planning areas, broken down by school, and language of instruction, in tabular form. [5452/25]
205. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice if he will confirm his intentions, under Protocol 21 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, to opt-in to the relevant 'freedom, security and justice' parts of the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689); if he will outline the reasoning for the same; if he will confirm that the information as outlined on the Department of Justice website (details…
4. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the composition of the new US-based strategic economic advisory panel; if the members will be remunerated; to outline the scope of the new US-based strategic economic advisory panel; if it has a terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4820/25]
57. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement his Department has had with the United States and Israel regarding the statements from the US President on the ethnic cleansing of Gaza; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4823/25]
73. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has engaged with the Moroccan government regarding the right to self-determination of the Sahrawi people in the past 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4804/25]
74. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if Israel and/or the United States have engaged with him or his Department in the past three months regarding the potential enactment of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; if so, the nature of any such engagements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4808/25]
75. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI; and if he will make a state…
123. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how much his Department has spent on the purchase of military equipment, leasing of military equipment, and provision of services from Israel in the past two years, broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4805/25]
124. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence how much his Department has spent on the purchase of dual use goods, leasing of dual use goods from Israel in the past two years, broken down by month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4806/25]
180. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport the number of exemptions granted under Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 to allow for the transport of munitions or weapons of war through Irish sovereign airspace in the past six months, broken down by week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4817/25]
181. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport if he has granted exemptions for the transport of munitions or weapons of war through Irish sovereign airspace under the Air Navigation (Carriage of Munitions of War, Weapons and Dangerous Goods) Orders 1973 and 1989 since becoming Minister for Transport; if he intends to do so in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4818/25]