Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion
2:00 am
Mr. Liam Herrick:
We have not been specific about that to date. As Ms Keatinge mentioned, we have had some informal conversations with some of the other designated Article 77 bodies about the potential for co-operation. There is no doubt that we will need technical expertise in human form, that is, properly qualified experts in this technology to allow us to make requests of bodies in an informed way regarding technical information and to then analyse and process that information. It is envisaged that we would request information from commercial entities and others and that we would be able to assess whether we have sufficient information to make an assessment as to the fundamental rights impact and, possibly, request further information. We will need properly qualified experts to do that. We will need people who can engage in technical analysis and technology. We do not have such experts. Public sector bodies in general are unlikely to have that type of expertise in-house at this point in time. Our colleagues in the other Article 77 bodies are in the same position. Ms Keatinge may wish to add to that.
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