Dr. Emer Begley:

The Disability Federation of Ireland comprises over 100 organisations. We have not been approached by any tech companies but that is not to say some of our members have not. I know that one member has been approached by a tech company and is working with them.

Interestingly, in July we attended the UN Conference of State Parties, COSP, to the UNCRPD in New York. One of the three themes was AI. There was a big tech presence where they had partnered with disability organisations on the development of devices and exploration of ethical considerations. We have shared one of the papers from the UNCOSP with committee members. There is a bit of an information gap in Ireland among disability organisations around AI. That is something we would hope the committee would take that on board in terms of our own comments.