Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion

2:00 am

Gareth Scahill (Fine Gael)

That would be very interesting. Senator Ryan has gone through them. There is a figure of 22% who believe that the Government is regulating technology companies effectively. That is a very low number and something we obviously need to address and look at. Mr. Herrick spoke of sending a direct message to policymakers and it being up to us to listen.

It is not just in the area of human rights and equality but it is across the whole spectrum of regulating in this particular sector.

The witnesses have answered a few questions about the regulating bodies and the nine Article 77 bodies. I find it hard to believe IHREC has not had engagement or more interaction about the resources it believes it will need to do that regulatory job in terms of financial, technical and staffing resources. Has IHREC done any work internally on what its organisation will need? Ms Keatinge mentioned legal resources as well. Does she see the nine bodies potentially sharing resources in order to deliver on this?

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