Shane Cassells (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Turning to Ms Craig, Senator Malcolm Byrne touched on the issue of social media and of ensuring that staffing levels in the companies in this sector are sufficient in respect of dealing with the issues that arise from their activities. We touched on Frances Haugen having been before this committee last month. She said it should be ensured that the algorithms in play here are monitored, and that 20 algorithm experts alone were needed to do so. Each of these experts, however, is paid €750,000, which is a frightening vista in the context of ensuring there is monitoring. Moreover, there are only about 200 such experts globally anyway. To ensure we have the requisite expertise in the office, is the BAI examining this aspect and the attendant challenges involved in addressing it?