Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 7 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Charlotte Olhausen:
I will link back again to the point of intersectionality. If we want to embed human rights principles throughout our approach, it is essential that the voices of all minority groups are heard around the table. We cannot just be measuring the impacts in terms of disabled people. We need to look at disabled women, for instance. Having those voices at the table from the get-go is incredibly important, and we are a bit late in that regard. We were asked if any of us have been contacted by the Department in charge of this until we have the national AI office up and running, and as far as I know we have not. With the CRPD and alignment, and the optional protocol was mentioned, there are definitely systems in place-----
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