Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 21 October 2025

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion

2:00 am

Photo of Paul MurphyPaul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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I wish to explore the dangers of locating the AI office within the Department of enterprise. It seems there is a danger of regulatory capture there where the AI office would be subordinated to the mission of the Department, which is to promote business interests and profitability. We have obviously seen regulatory capture in the past in this country with devastating impact involving the financial regulator and the banks and so on. Is that effectively Dr. Shrishak's concern here?