Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Artificial Intelligence, Truth and Democracy: Discussion
2:00 am
Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
I am specifically asking about the AI office, which is currently in development within the Department of enterprise. I have concerns around that. Although the ultimate expectation is that the AI office will pop out of the Department of enterprise, for me, having also been at the helm of an independent State agency, how it is founded and built at the outset really will inform how it goes forward for evermore. I have concerns that independence is not guaranteed as long as it is developed in a place where there absolutely are conflicts of interest. Does Mr. O'Leary have concerns around that?
No comments