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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Have any of the organisations represented here undertaken a large survey to give us a comprehensive sense of what is happening?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Spain moved ahead with establishing its own regulatory authority in August of last year and that is now up and running. To what extent is that a model for here? Related to that, what are the organisations’ expectations with regard to the enforcement of the AI Act? Some existing uses of AI within the workplace are going to be outlawed this year, but it is not yet really too clear,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Obviously, there are some activities, such as emotional interaction and so on within the workplace, that are going to be outlawed when the Act takes effect. What correspondence or communication have the organisations received from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment or, indeed, from the AI commission or advisory group with regard to compliance with the AI Act this year? They...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Marie Sherlock: That is in the context of influencing the Act, however. Once it has been agreed, do the organisations have a clear sense of how the State is proposing to enforce it to ensure it will be implemented by their clients and by the organisations?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Marie Sherlock: My final question is a simple one. What are AI hallucinations? One of the organisations – I am sorry, as I do not remember which – mentioned them. Someone might detail what they are.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (15 May 2024)

Marie Sherlock: The AI Act is very much about product regulation and much less about the operation within businesses and workplaces. I welcome what the witnesses have said. Much of the research on AI is about the expected future use. I have not seen any comprehensive assessment or survey of the current use within workplaces. The witnesses are living and breathing this every day. What share of...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (14 May 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Over the past eight days, we have seen a number of attacks and attempted attacks on candidates and councillors since the posters went up. I think the most shocking incident was in the early hours of last Wednesday morning when Councillor Tania Doyle and her husband were violently attacked. It is a sheer miracle that they did not sustain life-changing injuries or worse. This is a councillor...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I wish to raise the issue of apprenticeship pay. On 3 May 2023 – almost a year to the day – Labour Party Senators introduced a Bill seeking to ensure that all apprentices would receive the national minimum wage for the duration of their training. The following week, the then Minister and current Taoiseach, Deputy Simon Harris, stated at a Government press conference that he...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (2 May 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Hear, hear.

Seanad: Employment (Collective Redundancies and Miscellaneous Provisions) and Companies (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages (2 May 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I support amendment No. 2 and what Senator Gavan said. This Bill needed to do three things. The first concerns improving the provision of information to employees and creditors more generally. The second concerns the special recognition of workers, specifically with regard to existing collective agreements, implicit or express. The third concerns tightening up section 610 of the Companies...

Seanad: Smartphone and Social Media Use: Motion [Private Members] (24 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I welcome the Minister. I sincerely thank Fine Gael and Senator Seery Kearney for using their Private Members' time to discuss this really serious public health issue this evening. I compliment what is a very detailed motion. Of course, social media has a lot of positives and we all use it. However, we are also talking about a device and social media platforms that are addictive by...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: I thank our witnesses for attending. I am extremely conscious that the past ten months have been very difficult for RTÉ staff, considering that the greed and serious mistakes of a few have precipitated a crisis for the many within RTÉ. I acknowledge that some former RTÉ workers are in the Gallery. As some were bogusly self-employed and wronged by RTÉ, it is important to...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Sure. The Resolve report had to be commissioned on foot of the behaviour of certain people in management in the current affairs section. When the director general was before the committee, we asked him about it several times. Do the witnesses believe changes are now happening on foot of the recommendations in the report?

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: It pointed to a human resource culture that was prejudiced against women, in particular. There were allegations of bullying and these were not confined to just one individual-----

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Sure. Does Ms O'Kelly believe changes or improvements have been made in the current affairs department in recent months on foot of the recommendations? There were some very clear recommendations and stark findings in the report.

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: One of the striking issues we have noted in RTÉ recently is that although it is facing cuts in the future, there is currently a shortfall of staff. I would like to hear about the experience of Mr. Sloper, Mr. Reynolds and Ms O'Kelly regarding the current staffing shortfall and resourcing issues. While the conversation is about making RTÉ smaller, which I disagree with because I...

Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport And Media: Culture and Governance Issues at RTÉ: Discussion (24 Apr 2024)

Marie Sherlock: Okay. Does Ms O'Kelly want to add to that?