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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 593. To ask the Minister for Health the reason a family has been refused payment for a long term illness card drug (details supplied). [6508/24]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Library Projects (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 627. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development if she has received any plans to establish a library in an area (details supplied); and if she will detail the costs of same. [6419/24]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I thank the Chair. This is probably one of the best tutorials I have had in my 16-odd years as a TD, so it is a great privilege to be in a room with such august individuals. It has been fascinating and I have sat through it all. It will take me a couple of days to unpick what I have heard today. What prompted me to bring this up and call for this hearing was that I read an article in The...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Professor O'Sullivan is getting down into the real nub of it now. If it is machine generated content then on who should we place an onus? Is it, in the old language, the Internet service provider, is it open AI, is it DeepMind Entropik or any of these companies?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (13 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I thank Professor O'Sullivan. When answering the second question Dr. Ryan might also have an input on this as well. We refer to the UNICEF report and Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland policy guidance, but it is policy guidance and it is not law. The UNICEF recommendations are not law they are only recommendations. As a parent whose kids are not yet at the age where they have smart...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (14 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 229. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason for the delay in supports being paid to residents in Cork following flooding (details supplied). [6729/24]

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I am delighted the comisiún is present today. We had a very good session last week that was really instructive for us as members. This is a natural dovetailing of that. My first question is simple and is about the pronunciation of Coimisiún na Meán. Is it "coimisiún na meán" or "coimisiún na maan"? Does it depend on whether I am from Munster or Connacht?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: So if I say "coimisiún na meán", am I on safe ground?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Míle buíochas. I will go straight to the issue of effective age verification. To quote directly from Ms Hodnett's statement, the coimisiún is proposing: that platforms introduce effective age verification to ensure that children do not access age-inappropriate content. We are not proposing to specify the techniques that platforms use... How interventionist is the...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: That is very reassuring. As a relatively new regulatory body, the coimisiún is giving a lot of time and thought to these issues. I can clearly see that in the submissions to us today. On the effective age verification, do I have it right when I say the thinking within the coimisiún is that it is up to the industry to produce the verification process but if that is not robust...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: That is very reassuring. I speak both as a typical TD representing my constituents and as a parent. There is an onus on parents to step up to the mark here and to police but it is important to have the weight of law behind you as a parent or as any adult who is supervising children. My last question within the time allowed to me is in relation to AI recommender systems. In her opening...

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: Ms Hodnett is telling me that this is an iterative process. While there is no hard law or EU law, there may be law coming down the tracks regarding recommender systems? No such law exists to police recommender systems as it stands. Is that the current state of play or am I misreading Ms Hodnett?

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Protection of Children in the Use of Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: I beg the Cathaoirleach's indulgence; this will be my last question. Ms Hodnett states it is a supplementary measure. To me, that means it is an add-on, rather than being core. Is it possible to police recommender systems under Irish or EU law in order to have such systems turned off, rather than on, as the default for any user of a platform, if that makes sense?

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (21 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: "Peripheral to Dublin" is what the Taoiseach means.

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 51. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if, in light of the recent Government decision to grant payments of child benefit, she will work with her counterpart, the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, and consider fast tracking the proposed payment to foster carers. [8074/24]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 361. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of applications and awards for supplementary welfare under the criteria or reference to, the need for mental health supports, by county, in tabular form. [8075/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Expenditure (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 446. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual cost of running the forestry division of his Department including outsourced ecology each year since 2010, in tabular form; if he will provide a list of the area of afforestation planted in each of those years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7490/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 447. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are template reports that ecologists are waiting on from his Department in order to submit reports for afforestation applications in bird and bird foraging areas; when his Department will release the template reports format; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7491/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 448. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the sources of information which led to the development of curlew layers on IForIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7492/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Sector (20 Feb 2024)

Seán Sherlock: 449. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if information will be provided in relation to forestry applications for each of the three districts covering County Cork (details supplied), in tabular form. [7493/24]