Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 16 April 2024
Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth
Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Dualta ? Broin:
I thank the Senator for the question. In a minute, I might ask Mr. Miles to go into the approach we take to designing our products generally and some of the tools in respect of time limits and so on. There are two things I will mention. The Senator mentioned risk assessment. This is one of the requirements of the Digital Services Act. Strategic risk assessments have been submitted to the European Commission. In our case, they have also been provided to Coimisiún na Meán. Part of that is that providers are required to assess the risks that might arise from their services in a whole range of areas, including mental health and the protection of children. Providers are also required to describe how they are mitigating those risks. Obviously, the regulators will look at whether we are assessing and mitigating the risks correctly. They are not going to be made public immediately. That will be done on an annual basis. The first are to be published in October or November of this year. I just wanted to say that the risk assessments are already provided for. They are covered in the Digital Services Act.