Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the witnesses. I have a question on the Digital Economy and Society Index, DESI, which was published in 2023 and which drew on data from 2020. It shows that 22.7% of businesses in Ireland with more than ten employees are using big data, 47% are using the cloud and only 7.9% are using AI. How do we ensure the adoption of generative AI, classical AI, machine learning and automation across the economy to improve business processes and competitiveness and, ultimately, productivity? As legislators and policymakers, what can we do to assist in this regard? Even more importantly, what are the companies represented today prepared to do? I ask the witnesses to respond in reverse order from that in which they responded to my first question, if that is all right.