Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

These questions are about the programme for Government specifically. Right throughout that programme, there are very clear commitments to investing in Ireland's artificial intelligence strategy and in digitalisation. I welcome the fact that the Taoiseach attended the global AI summit hosted by President Macron recently. The Department of enterprise has been charged with commissioning research on the impact of AI, as a key technology, on the Irish economy and developing a campaign on AI adoption for SMEs. The fact that there is such a commitment within the programme for Government is very welcome but I am concerned that Ireland may be falling behind. In terms of the commitments in the programme for Government, I ask the Taoiseach to outline how he sees them developing.

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