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]
237. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will liaise with her counterparts in the British Government to legislate Philomena’s Law as soon as possible; if she will work with survivors to ensure compensation is received.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31264/26]
238. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will advocate for Irish citizens living in the UK, who are survivors of the mother and baby institutions and who have been taken off their financial benefits having accepted redress compensation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31265/26]
123. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department intends to review legislation on remote working arrangements in the context of the current fuel crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30948/26]
138. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department is concerned by the statements by the RTÉ Director General with regard to the import of 'expertise' from the British production market, for which trade unions have highlighted concerns on the possibility to undermine the domestic labour market; and if his Department will take active measures to support Irish media pr…
196. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department is considering changes that will allow for online platforms to be treated as publishers to increase their accountability for the content they allow on their websites; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16796/26]
241. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to commit to closing airspace to US aircrafts involved in the conflict in the Middle East. [30301/26]
479. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide an update on the Action Plan for Collective Bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30952/26]
480. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps his Department is taking to address labour displacement from Artificial Intelligence within and beyond what is set out in the Programme for Government, in the context of increasing concerns around the reach of such displacement to multiple sectors within the Irish economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3095…
481. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the establishment of the national AI office, including any efforts being made to ensure adequate parliamentary scrutiny and oversight of the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30950/26]
482. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment about his decision to amend legislation to facilitate Enterprise Ireland and the Industrial Development Authority to support Irish businesses entering the Defence space without government approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30949/26]
490. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on a company's refusal to recognise a trade union (details supplied) despite the Labour Court recommendations; and to address this issue under the EU Adequate Minimum Wages Directive (Directive 2022/2041). [30300/26]
262. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Taoiseach to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with those projects; and whether they are still ongoing, in tabular form. [25804/26]
272. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade what Ireland’s policy defence is of the protections within the European Convention on Human Rights, particularly on the Article 3 and Article 8 protections of the ECHR, which were the subject of a letter signed by Ireland in December; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23531/26]
314. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in her Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with those projects; and whether they are still ongoing, in tabular form. [25796/26]
322. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her position on the proposed digital omnibus package, particularly regarding the rules for businesses with regard to the use of personal data and the use and development of artificial intelligence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26062/26]
323. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her position on the proposed digital omnibus package, particularly regarding the effect of the package on online media and social media; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26065/26]