Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 7 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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I have a question for Mr. Culhane from Voice of Vision Impairment in respect of what has been said about potential GDPR violations when people who are visually impaired are using AI to, let us say, read a bank statement. Will he give an example of what that would look like? I can imagine if someone has a gambling problem and repeated instances of sending money to a gambling site appear on his or her bank statement, he or she could potentially be targeted by advertisements for gambling sites. The information might not be separated. If you are at home, get a bank statement and read it yourself, the information does not go to Google, Facebook or an advertising company. Mr. Culhane is saying there is potential for that information to be used in that way.