Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Solidarity)
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Related to that and to the Electoral Commission, the witnesses mentioned earlier the potential of using AI for a first draft of boundary commission reviews. While I accept there is a lot of data and it is a question of numbers but also geography, it is concerning to me that we would consider that.

It is linked to what Dr. McQuillan is saying. I accept that it is only the first step and that there will be a human who looks at it, but, obviously, the first proposal has a privileged status. We all know that in the context of our work. If you go to a committee and bring the proposal, people will react to that proposal. That is the starting point. They can amend it this way or that way, but it is the starting point. Effectively, Mr. O'Leary is saying that he is considering and would be open to the idea that we would give first-mover advantage to AI in what is a very fundamental part of our entire democratic system in the context of the nature of our constituencies and how TDs are elected. I invite him to expand a little on that. Does he share those concerns.