Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 May 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Ryan Meade:
I might answer the question with an invitation because we recently launched in Dublin something called the Accessibility Discovery Centre, which is a showcase for a lot of the AI tools the Deputy is talking about or other technological tools that can help people with disabilities to engage in their daily lives and professional lives. I can follow up with some further information. It is something that is available to drop in and have a tour of. The Deputy is quite right; there are a host of technological AI tools that will have an impact here, from making online meetings more accessible in this world of hybrid work, including AI-generated screen readers, subtitles and so on, to a whole host of other things. We have three Accessibility Discovery Centres in Europe now: one in Dublin, one in Zürich and the other in London. I can follow up with more information and would be very happy to have the Deputy down.