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 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
33. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport his plans to regulate for the safe transport of pets on public transport; and to outline the way in which health and safety and other passengers' potential fear of dogs were taken into account in the process of forming these regulations. [74890/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Enterprise
48. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will engage with a union (details supplied) on the issues faced by its members in the retail sector. [74921/26]
Sinéad Gibney Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
5. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will meet next. [71968/26]
Sinéad Gibney Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
6. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on the economy, trade and competitiveness will next meet. [71966/26]
Sinéad Gibney Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Culture
117. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the funding of RTÉ and the reinstatement of the €20 million in promised multiannual funding. [74373/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Culture
138. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on his Department's plans to ensure a more proactive approach to online safety, particularly regarding the use of recommender systems and their impact on social media users. [74391/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Culture
142. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason TG4 was not allocated additional funding in budget 2027; and the engagement his Department has had with the broadcaster since the budget announcements. [74390/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Culture
166. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on his Department's proposed culture card. [74393/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Culture
175. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has plans to expand the number of spaces on the basic income for the arts scheme; and if his Department will provide further support to the arts in 2027. [74392/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
198. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department is aware of evacuations from Gaza on 19 October 2026; if she sought for Ireland to be part of those or for seats on those evacuations; if not, the reason; and if she can still seek to be part of same, or if she can still seek another date in advance of mid-November 2026. [74384/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
199. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the steps her Department has taken to evacuate the two Palestinian students whose refusals have been overturned; and the provisional plans it has put in place for the evacuation of others who may be successful, in time for them to arrive to start this academic year. [74383/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Defence
244. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence the number of members inducted into the Reserve Defence Force in each of the years 2020 to 2025 who received the dental provisions set out in paragraph 302 of Defence Forces administrative instruction A12 (medical treatment), namely dental charting, a sports guard, treatment to dental class 1 and a maintenance and recall programme. [73673/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Defence
246. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence whether paragraph 302 of Defence Forces Administrative Instruction A12, which provides for dental care at recruit induction "including induction of members to the Reserve Defence Forces", applies to Reserve recruits notwithstanding paragraph 301(a)(3) of that instruction; if not, the reason the Reserve Defence Forces are expressly included in paragraph 302; the…
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
302. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport the interim measures that are planned to improve the frequency and reliability of bus route 47 pending implementation of network redesign. [74400/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
304. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport whether the funding allocation for 2027 will allow further phases of the bus network redesign to proceed; and in which order. [74399/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Transport
306. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport the phase of the BusConnects Dublin Network Redesign that includes routes 86, 87, 88 and P13; whether it is the same phase as route L33; and the target implementation date. [74397/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Enterprise
444. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the speeches given by the Ministers in his Department for the International AI Summit were written by civil servants or private consultants working within his Department. [74378/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
632. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Social Protection the outline his Department's position regarding workers and their pension rights (details supplied). [74405/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Transport
77. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by his Department broken down by name of the event, location, date, State agencies or other departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same (including costs borne by state agencies under its aegis), in tabular form. [71412/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Finance
165. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by his Department broken down by the name of the event, location, date, and State agencies or other Departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same, including costs borne by State agencies under its aegis, in tabular form. [71403/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
220. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by his Department broken down by name of the event, location, date, State agencies or other departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same (including costs borne by state agencies under its aegis…
Sinéad Gibney Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Enterprise
243. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by his Department broken down by name of the event, location, date, State agencies or other departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same (including costs borne by state agencies under its aegis), in tabular form. [71402/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Education
280. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by her Department broken down by name of the event, location, date, State agencies or other departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same (including costs borne by state agencies under its aegis), in tabular form. [71401/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Education
324. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of post-primary schools in the Dublin Rathdown constituency that offer autism classes, broken down by whether they are single sex or co-ed schools, fee-paying or public, in tabular form; her Department’s plans to oblige schools without autism classes to provide them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71806/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Culture
397. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by his Department broken down by name of the event, location, date, State agencies or other departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same (including costs borne by state agencies under its aegis), in tabular form. [71399/26]