Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach spoke about the many new pathways to education that provide people with necessary skill sets. While there are substantial deficits as regards the numbers we want trained in the traditional trades, there are also nouveau apprenticeships relating to cybersecurity, robotics and so on. There is great work being done in my constituency by Drogheda Institute of Further Education, Ó Fiaich Institute of Further Education and the Advanced Manufacturing Training Centre of Excellence. We want to see more of that. We know how necessary and important the big tech sector is and that we need to deal with the issues connected to the Digital Services Bill, but what is the State's policy on utilising artificial intelligence and addressing the dangers relating to it? How can we develop the courses and training that will be necessary to get the best of that world and to deal with any issues that arise and dangers that exist?

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