Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)

I again thank the witnesses. I want to ask about the role of the AI advisory council and where the witnesses would like to see it go. Is it based on a model elsewhere? I have some experience of the Climate Change Advisory Council, as I was on the climate committee in the previous Dáil term. It has a very important advisory role and it has a certain structure and relationship with the Department. Is it the same for the members of the AI advisory council? I accept it is a different area in terms of it being nascent technology, but is there a place they would like to go with the advisory council or in terms of asks of the Government? I have not seen them but reference was made to previous recommendations.