Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 10 July 2025
Public Accounts Committee
2023 Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 11 - Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform
Vote 12 - Superannuation and Retired Allowances
Vote 39 - Office of Government Procurement
Vote 43 - Office of the Government Chief Information Officer
Chapter 3 - Vote accounting and budget management
2:00 am
Mr. David Moloney:
It is a new and emerging technology and people are using it in lots of different ways. We have recently produced a responsible use AI strategy. We are working by end year on a national digital and AI strategy. That is being led out by the Department of the Taoiseach. Obviously we are responsible for public administration side of that and the Department of enterprise is responsible for the business side of that. Whether that will lead to a uniform - because there are different products and there are issues of competition - approach and a uniform set or suite of software, we will have to see but we believe that the adoption of AI is really essential to future efficiency and future growth. It is about doing that in a way that safeguards appropriate and protects the trust of the citizen.
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