Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 May 2026

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Accessibility and Assistive Technology: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Gillian TooleGillian Toole (Meath East, Independent) | Oireachtas source

Going back to assistive technology, if the corporate world were to be involved in some sort of partnership, given finite fiscal purses, should there be an ethical framework and how might that develop to have universality across access and software? I agree with Dr. McGuckin that technology has moved ahead of the possibility of a ban, and it should not be a barrier. It is an enabler. How do we do that safely? It goes back to the collaboration matter. There is an ethical part to it. I think it would be an enabler. How might we look at that as a country that is hosting the leading tech industries in the world?

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