Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)

I thank all the witnesses for being here this morning. It is great to have them here. Co-creation is not a new concept but is new terminology. It is about that effective consultation and engagement, as the witnesses have described throughout. I am curious about how we can learn from what I am hearing is a frustration on the part of DPOs that corporates do not engage in meaningful co-creation but instead tick boxes and pay lip service to the process of consultation for people with disabilities and do not engage DPOs throughout the process. Do the witnesses have faith or confidence that it is going to be different in the world of AI than it has been in the development of technologies to date? Have the witnesses, as DPOs, had, or do they have, regular direct engagement with corporates who are developing tools?