Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 am
Mr. John Sherwin:
I will add to that by saying that if you are in a position where you can ask corporates what they are doing to address this and you are trying to set out some State requirements for their engagement, there are two areas. First, they should involve disabled people in their accessibility workshops around the development of services and, second, they should be employers of disabled people and deaf people. Integrating disabled people in the workplace, whether in the Oireachtas, Google or whatever other companies might be developing AI, where they are actually on the team as staff, is the most profound and best way to involve disabled input into the development of services. Failing that, they should ensure there are sufficient thought and workshops so that services can be developed with everyone in mind and not just able-bodied people.
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