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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Work Permits (22 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 52. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department has had any contact from the Department of Education and Youth regarding the interpretation of employment permit rules potentially excluding post-primary teachers, as a full time post primary contract is 22 hours; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57680/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 64. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether her Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57622/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Work Permits (22 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 69. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has had any contact from the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment regarding the interpretation of employment permit rules potentially excluding post-primary teachers, as a full time post primary contract is 22 hours; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57681/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 77. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 100. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57632/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 129. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57617/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 160. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57618/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 224. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57627/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 236. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57626/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (22 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 238. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht whether his Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57631/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses for their contributions so far. I find it really interesting not only because IHREC is the Article 77 body but also because I think it has a lot to offer, as a State agency, in giving its views on governance, particularly because IHREC is governed by the Paris Principles, which I will get onto in a second. I want to start on the public sector duty because Mr. Herrick...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: To pick up on some of the comments that have been made, I appreciate that AI does not change rights and equality. What is changes is speed, scale, scope and sophistication in the transgression of those rights and the experience of discrimination across a population. Ms Keatinge mentioned the Dutch example. That continues today, by the way. For the benefit of the committee, there are still...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: There is one final issue. I refer to a comment in Mr. Herrick's opening statement. He mentioned being wary of self-interested anti-regulatory discourse and the disastrous consequences this has had in other areas. Will he outline which other areas he is referencing?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I love that Gibney comes after Geoghegan because we get quite a different viewpoint presented at the committee on a lot of these issues. I would argue for a start that I do not think we have got it right in terms of our data privacy work. The trace data exposé that recently came out will signal that. Regulation is an important way for businesses to operate. I personally believe in the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: So it would not be possible to mix the two? If that aggregate is the only way to identify those defects, is that a barrier to identifying discrimination within that? Would it be a role for the Government or the State to bring together that data?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It would need to be in the same set of data. How can we best handle end user consent or assent to AI? Currently, people just click "Yes" to cookies to make the banner go away. Could there be an opt-out or opt-in model at browser level? When we come to regulating AI, in what way could that be stronger than what we currently have?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: We spoke earlier about the AI office and I covered off governance in my discussions with IHREC. I want to talk more about the constitution of the AI office. We know it is difficult for the State to compete with salaries in the tech space. Is that an issue? Is there anything we can do to overcome that? Is there something the State should be considering, particularly at the moment with...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and the State: Discussion (21 Oct 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I want to ask a related question about the constitution piece. Is there a way we could set up a volunteer body of experts in the area? There are thoughts about how the AI office will relate to State and Government. How about those private actors? They will need to so what does that look like?