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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport: Revised General Scheme of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill: Discussion (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: On the requirement for RTÉ to use at least 25% of its funding on independent commissions, what is its vision for the ideal balance in RTÉ between commissioning and in-house production or does it have such a balance in mind?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I wish the Cathaoirleach the best of luck in his role. I thank our guests for coming before the committee. All members bring a wealth of experience to the committee. I am very much looking forward to working with them. Like others, I am excited. However, that excitement is very much tempered by my concerns about AI. I am coming at this from a background in technology and in rights and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the witnesses for being here. I will direct my questions to them, and they can decide who wants to answer. My questions will cover funding, regulation, automated decision-making and so on. I will start with Taighde Éireann's funding. Can Dr. Seoighe let me know even at a basic ratio - if not, he can provide figures more accurately after today's meeting - how much of Taighde...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I appreciate that, but any kind of balance Dr. Seoighe can show or display in terms of the kind of innovation funding versus the more policy-related stuff would be great.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Sticking with research as an area, in the Global Research Council's principles for AI adoption in research management, bias and fairness are raised as issues. How can we ensure not only accountability for discriminatory decisions that may be made by flawed AI but also a common understanding of how AI is not necessarily a neutral tool and how real-world biases can be embedded in machines?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: If we are coming at it from the research point of view, we must make sure there are principles embedded into the research process itself that will allow for that to happen. This is important in terms of access to justice and particularly for people, for example, in social protection environments who might have a decision made against them where there is no appeal process, and we know this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I am sorry; can I stop Professor Smeaton there? It is great that he brought us into the area of open source because that is an area about which I am kind of excited. Call me cynical, but I have concerns about big tech. What I mean by "big tech" is Alphabet, Meta, TikTok, Amazon and so on. I have concerns about their open source approach. I would love to know how innovation is being...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Does Professor Smeaton really believe that is fully independent and that there will not be any future issues in terms of data sharing and data privacy?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Yes.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Perhaps it is something that might get onto Professor Smeaton's radar. The publicly owned piece is very exciting for the witnesses' fields. For example, there is a great initiative that is now looking at publicly owned social media platforms. Professor Smeaton rightly referred to the toxicity that we see there. It would bring us back to the genesis of the Internet being a publicly owned...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I will finish there. I hope I will get a chance to come back to the witnesses again.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I again thank the witnesses for their contributions. I also cannot fit everything into one minute. Some of the areas I had wanted to drill down further into include AI in democracy and in defence in particular, so the things that keep us up at night. For instance, I have heard the term "no human kill chain", which is definitely keeping me awake at night. What is the research into this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Is there anything on defence? Is that featured in Dr. Seoighe's research?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: No problem. "No human kill chain" is a particularly nasty term.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 209. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the means by which his Department is ensuring that Irish citizen (details supplied) is receiving proper treatment in detention after her detainment on the 31 May by the Israeli police in the Occupied West Bank, in the Palestinian village of Masafer Yatta while she contests the deportation order of the Israeli authorities; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Humanitarian Aid (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 210. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether he is aware of the Gaza Freedom Flotilla setting sail for Gaza again on the Madleen to deliver humanitarian aid following the attack on by Israeli Armed Forces on a previous ship of the Freedom Flotilla recently off the coast of Malta, in an attempt to break the siege on Gaza and highlight the mass starvation of the people of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Foreign Policy (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 285. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if his Department has consulted Defence Forces personnel regarding the proposed removal of the triple lock neutrality mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30728/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 441. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 345 of 4 March 2025 and 77 of 1 May 2025, the Government’s position on the European Commission’s Omnibus proposal on sustainability; if he will reconcile the conflicting responses given in wherein the Government both expresses support for the Corporate Sustainability Due...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Directives (10 Jun 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 442. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 345 of 4 March 2025 and No. 77 of 1 May 2025, if he will clarify the Government’s position on the European Commission’s Omnibus proposal on sustainability, given the conflicting responses; and if any human rights assessment of the Omnibus has been undertaken. [28936/25]