Dee Ryan (Fianna Fail)
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I thank all the witnesses for their opening statements and the discussion so far. It is really helpful to us and informative in the work that we are doing in examining this whole area. In my brain I am parsing the contributions and separating them. I am categorising Mr. O'Leary, Mr. Callan, Mr. Godfrey and Ms Pollock in my mind in terms of the democratic impact and the stuff that people think of more generally when they consider AI and the potential for deepfakes. I thank them for the very informative discussion we are having on recommender systems and Deputy O'Rourke's questions around that. I will continue with this topic for the moment. I am also interested in speaking to the other witnesses about the very valuable contribution and alarm bells being sounded about the potential for AI as a technology to be used and deployed across public services.

I will first address the democratic piece, and I ask Mr. O'Leary to forgive me because I should know more about the work of An Coimisiún Toghcháin. From a beginner's perspective, what does an coimisiún look at in terms of measuring electoral interference? Is that within its remit at present?