Dublin Rathdown — week of Mon, 14 Jul — Watch Them Work

What your Dublin Rathdown TDs did this week

Mon, 14 Jul – 20 Jul 2025 · 4 TDs · 4 bills voted on · 48 questions · 1 new lobbying filings

Votes this week

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025

2025-07-16 · 2 votes · Govt (Housing)

A bill to amend the Planning and Development Act 2024, the Planning and Development Act 2000 and certain other enactments

full description

A bill to amend the Planning and Development Act 2024, the Planning and Development Act 2000 and certain other enactments; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

A sub-amendment · motion failed 68–89

Voted for 1 Sinéad Gibney

Voted against 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

A change the Seanad made to the bill · motion passed 88–68

Voted for 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

Voted against 1 Sinéad Gibney

Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation (Transfer of Functions) Bill 2024

2025-07-16 · 1 vote · Labour Party PMB

A bill to give further effect to the Aircraft Noise Regulation in so far as it relates to Dublin Airport by transferring the functions of the competent authority for the purpose…

full description

A bill to give further effect to the Aircraft Noise Regulation in so far as it relates to Dublin Airport by transferring the functions of the competent authority for the purposes of that Regulation from the Fingal County Council to the Environmental Protection Agency; and to provide for connected matters.

Whether the bill should proceed (Second Stage) · motion failed 69–88

Voted for 1 Sinéad Gibney

Voted against 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

Endometriosis Care in Ireland

2025-07-16 · 2 votes

An amendment to the bill · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

Voted against 1 Sinéad Gibney

The motion · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

Voted against 1 Sinéad Gibney

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business

2025-07-15 · 1 vote

The week's Dáil business schedule · motion passed 88–69

Voted for 3 Maeve O'Connell · Neale Richmond · Shay Brennan

Voted against 1 Sinéad Gibney

Maeve O'Connell — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Neale Richmond — Fine Gael 6 votes · 0 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Shay Brennan — Fianna Fáil 6 votes · 4 questions · 0 new lobbying returns

Questions asked 4 total

Finance 2 questions
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Finance his plans for reform of capital acquisitions tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39057/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Finance when the Summer Economic Statement will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39056/25]
Public Expenditure 2 questions
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his response to the recent IMF report on the Irish economy, especially in relation to the areas under his remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39789/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which public expenditure to date in 2025 compares to the same period in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39790/25]

Sinéad Gibney — Social Democrats 6 votes · 44 questions · 1 new lobbying return

Questions asked 44 total

Enterprise 15 questions
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the funding put in place for the establishment of an AI observatory; whether any of that funding has been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39102/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the establishment of an AI office; whether this office will be an independent body; and the remit the office will have. [39103/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the contact his Department has had with social media companies over the potential for AI chatbots on social media platforms to generate antisemitic or racist content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39470/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Ireland was supportive or critical of the ultimate position taken by the EU Council on the Omnibus package at the recent EU Council meeting regarding the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39698/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Ireland raised the issue of harmonised civil liability, the need for enforcement of climate action plans, the deviation from a risk based approach, and provisions for stakeholder and trade union engagement during the adoption of the Council’s General Approach on the CSDDD as part of the EU simplification package; if not, the rationale for not actively contributing to the discussion given the Minister of State’s prior commitment to defending the core principles of the Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39699/25]
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the actions he has taken to advance the Programme for Government commitment to examine ways to facilitate people who are on work permits to move jobs more easily and legally; whether he has brought this to the strategic migration policy unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40154/25]
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of people on work permits who have changed employment in the past two years, broken down by month, occupation, and whether they are on a general or critical skills permit, in tabular form. [40168/25]
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he is aware of the practice of agencies and employers charging workers recruited from overseas illegitimate recruitment fees in order to secure their employment; whether his Department plans to issue any guidance to permit holders on the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40171/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has engaged with representative groups for voice actors on the protection of their work and their voices from use by artificial intelligence (AI) companies to train models or to provide AI-generated voice-overs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40643/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether additional funding will be granted to the competent authorities and fundamental rights authorities designated under the EU Artificial Intelligence Act in order to facilitate the exercise of their duties under the act and ensure a high quality of regulation and application of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40469/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has engaged with representative groups for musicians and music producers on how to best legislate for reform of copyright laws and ensure fair remuneration for their work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40641/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will release a timeline on the publishing of the Government's action plan on the promotion of collective bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40671/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the supports his Department has provided to SMEs to reduce the impact of tariffs on their businesses; if these supports were financial or non-financial; if they were targeted to particular sectors; and if they were targeted to SMEs or to all businesses, in tabular form. [40675/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps his Department have taken to mitigate job losses, job displacement, and lower levels of new recruitment due to the adoption of artificial intelligence, as reported (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40701/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department is collecting or tracking any data on labour displacement due to artificial intelligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40702/25]
Foreign 8 questions
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on Ireland's contributions at the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development which was held in Seville recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40568/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's position on sovereign debt restructuring and debt forgiveness in the global south in the context of the fourth International Conference on Financing for Development which was held in Seville recently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40569/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has raised concerns at EU level over the cuts to aid and development funding and increased emphasis on military spending, and its potential impact on diplomatic relations with countries across the global south; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40570/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has created contingency plans to help Irish citizens in the US should they be deported by the Trump administration to imprisonment in El Salvador. [40635/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are response plans in place to assist Irish citizens in the US should they be deported by the Trump administration to a third country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40636/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department is aware of the number of Irish citizens are currently detained by ICE in the United States; if his Department is aware of where these citizens are being held; if they have been able to provide consular assistance to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40637/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department will conduct an impact assessment on the potential application of tariffs between the EU and US markets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40672/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the cause of the breakdown of negotiations between the EU and the US which has resulted in the imposition of tariffs on the EU by the current US administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40673/25]
Justice 6 questions
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the weekly actual and target average turnaround times for South African visa applicants, broken down by category of visa, for the past three months, in tabular form. [39817/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 10 July 2025, the amount his Department spent on external services from a company (details supplied) to deliver the Digital Contact Centre project. [40562/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 292 of 10 July 2025, the total budget for the Digital Contact Centre project; if the project was subject to any cost overruns or delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40563/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount his Department spent on a verification service in the past 12 months (details supplied). [40564/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to issues with users being unable to verify their documents with a service and being unable to get an adequate response from (details supplied) to resolve the issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40565/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has considered introducing a law to make it an offence to use a person’s features to produce artificial intelligence deepfakes, similar to proposals in Germany and Denmark, particularly in relation to the use of this technology to create revenge porn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40642/25]
Health 5 questions
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health to outline the unit within her Department that is responsible for alcohol policy outside of the enforcement of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40010/25]
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health when the new National Drugs Strategy will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40011/25]
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health whether she or Ministers of State have met with groups on alcohol policy since taking office; if she will provide a list of those meetings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40012/25]
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health whether there will be consultation with alcohol groups in advance of the publication of the new National Drugs Strategy, given the stakeholder engagement from the Citizens Assembly on Drugs did not have alcohol within its remit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40013/25]
- 2025-07-16 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health in view of recent statements from the Tánaiste on pausing the implementation of alcohol labelling, when alcohol labelling will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40034/25]
Transport 2 questions
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport the steps his Department is taking to regulate the usage of delivery drones in residential areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39062/25]
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department has conducted any scoping exercises or research into the impact of drone usage on residential and urban areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39063/25]
Defence 2 questions
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of Naval Service which are operational, and currently able to patrol Irish waters. [40639/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the steps his Department is taking to ensure Ireland has adequate personnel to staff Naval Service ships and adequately patrol Irish waters. [40640/25]
Culture 2 questions
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there have been any funding or grant requests with his Department or bodies under its aegis in the past 12 months for the operation of pop-up pools. [40566/25]
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department is aware of any pop-up pools which were funded through capital grants from his Department or Sport Ireland which are not currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40567/25]
Taoiseach 1 question
- 2025-07-15 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38627/25]
Finance 1 question
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance whether his Department has raised any concerns around the high level of fossil fuel financing which comes through Ireland, its potential impact on Ireland's climate targets and global decarbonisation efforts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40638/25]
Agriculture 1 question
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 297 of 10 July 2025, if he will provide further details on how artificial intelligence is used to analyse content to produce IT documentation; if this is a new output from his Department or replacing a function previously done by an employee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/25]
Further and Higher Education 1 question
- 2025-07-17 Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has discussed the proposed increase of student contribution fees and the continuing shortfall in core higher education funding with the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40674/25]

New lobbying 1 return

FASD Ireland CLG Health
- Delays with the introduction of health information labelling on alcohol