Mr. Reuban Murray:

Many committee members are interested in the role of the regulatory sandbox, which Ireland is going to look at. It is important when that framework is looked at that children's rights are built in from the beginning. If there is going to be experimental AI in a public space, young people and children will interact with it. There is great research from different academics that specifically looks at the AI regulatory sandbox with young people's views in mind.

Sometimes when we deploy these kinds of technologies, if it is just designed for adults to interact with but children still interact with them, we have not built those protections in from the beginning. That is something I would encourage the committee to consider in its discussion on the sandbox.