Mr. Barry Lowry:

I think it is critically important on two fronts. One is to make people comfortable with the technology itself and make them aware of the risks, obviously, as well. The other one is to build the workforce of tomorrow. One of the reasons Ireland is the hub of the European headquarters of most of the leading tech companies is the talent base we have here. We need to maintain that. In our Department we are very aware that if people go to the wrong school or have the wrong careers advice, they can sometimes make the wrong choices for third level and perhaps drop out. For this reason, we started the ICT apprenticeship scheme to try to provide opportunities to give those people jobs in the public service. The scheme is a partnership with the various Departments. We are now in the third iteration of the scheme, with an intake of, I think, 70 ICT apprentices. That is just a little extra thing that we can do. It is really important that AI and technology become an opportunity for everyone. That is the work in the area. Ireland, at the moment-----