Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 21 October 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion
2:00 am
Ms Rebecca Keatinge:
We are at a very early stage of that conversation. I suppose each of the nine bodies has a different centre of gravity in some respects. We have the Environmental Protection Agency, for example, the Ombudsman for Children and then ourselves and several others. Everyone has a focus. There are overlaps so there will need to be consideration as to who will be focusing on which specific areas. There is need for protocols for information sharing and operational aspects between ourselves but more importantly, with the national competent authorities. It will be that relationship that will be absolutely critical in terms of receiving the information we need to fulfil our roles and functions. There is a huge architecture that needs to be developed to make this actually work. The deadline, I think, is 26 August. As that is when we are due to be up and running, this needs to be expedited.
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