James Geoghegan (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Finally, one of the questions I put to the chair of the AI council when she was before us was this suggestion, which Senator Dee Ryan took up there, that during the EU Presidency, Ireland would host an EU AI summit similar to what President Macron did. It would be slightly different in the sense that it would give Ireland an opportunity to showcase that we have our regulatory house in order, there is clear certainty for those companies the Minister of State is talking about and Ireland is the place in Europe to do business when it comes to AI. Has the Minister of State had discussions with the Taoiseach about this idea of hosting an AI summit yet? She is favourable to doing so but obviously this would have to come from on high, as they say. Is this something on which the Minister of State had a discussion with the Taoiseach? Is it realistic in the EU Presidency that Ireland could have an AI summit attached, with Heads of State in attendance and all of the major enterprises involved in a way that we could showcase Ireland as the best regulatory sandbox in the European Union?