Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail)

The role of our committee is that we advise the Government and look at different policy areas. Given that we touched on public administration, one of the areas we touched on in this committee before which has been explored is the use of agentic AI, particularly in areas like procurement and so on. One of our biggest complaints is about how long everything takes. There is potential but obviously there are dangers involved as well. If Professor MacCarthaigh was specifically looking at the State using agentic AI in procurement or other areas, would he recommend doing it and what safeguards might he consider putting in place?