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:
Just to add to that, it is an almost uniquely complicated type of model of regulation that the European Union has designed here. That is difficult for every state. The bottom line, from our perspective, is that we have a significant difference with the Government at this point in time. The Government has formed the view that the Article 77 bodies do not require any additional capacity, resources or technical expertise and we certainly have a different view. We think it is very clear, in terms of the powers and functions set out in the AI Act, that it is envisaged we would have a meaningful role in protecting people's rights. It is clear to us we cannot do that without being given the capacity to execute that. At this point in time, there is a pretty stark difference between where we stand and where the Government stands on this question.
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