Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion

2:00 am

Dr. Kris Shrishak:

That is likely. The product liability directive primarily targets the manufacturers, what we know as the developers, of AI systems. It will depend on whether the Department is treated as one such. There is also the concept of shared liability across the supply chain, so who will be held liable-----