David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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I apologise for being late this morning. I was in the Dáil Chamber. There is some news that may be of interest to the Chair and is, perhaps, related to the issue being discussed here. I was pushing this for quite some time with the Government. It has now decided that spouses and partners of intracompany transfer employment permit holders can work here straight away. They do not have to stay at home. Our witnesses may be interested in that as well. It is operational as of today. I have been pushing it for quite some time and the Minister for Justice, Deputy McEntee, informed me during Topical Issue Debate in the Dáil this morning that it is going to happen. I know we brought it up here on a few occasions as well and we were very supportive of it. It is actually done now and I am thrilled with that. I apologise again for being late.

I thank the witnesses for their presentations. Many questions have been asked already and I will not go over them again. Ms O'Meara spoke about creating a think-tank to look at the ways AI could be maximised. Will she expand on what a think-tank would look like? How will it be done, who would be in it, how would it work and all the rest of it?