Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 14 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence in the Public Sector: Discussion

2:00 am

Mr. Barry Lowry:

Yes, we drive it in the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation. There are probably three layers to that. The top layer is the governance. We have an overall governance board, which is chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of Social Protection. That has senior representation from most of the Departments. Then, with every life event there is going to be a governance committee set up. They will be chaired by the public service body most involved in that life event, for example, the Department of Social Protection in a birth scenario. That is the first layer of governance. The second layer is we are developing a cohesive programme plan so we can report back on the progress made right across the 193 services and life events. The third is that we are engaging in various stages of public consultation. The reason is it is not enough to say we have delivered them. We want to say we have feedback from people saying it is making their lives easier. Otherwise, it would be a pointless journey.

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