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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I thank the Minister of State for being here. I have concerns over the approach the Government is taking and the balance that I wish to see in terms of supports for industries, innovation and enterprise versus the concerns and mitigation I would see as regards the risks of AI across society, by which I mean labour displacement, discrimination, climate and misinformation. I will give a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I have five and a half minutes so I would love if the Minister of State could get straight to it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: The strategy states that the EU AI Act will place few, or no, obligations on most businesses which use AI to improve their productivity and effectiveness. I would argue that good regulation imposes obligations on us all, as we all saw ten years ago with the introduction of GDPR. Does the Minister of State intend to introduce any additional obligations, for example, domestic legislation,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Is the Minister of State open to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It is imbalanced.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Can the Minister of State say that given that it is clear from what I outlined that the primary focus is on innovation and enterprise?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: This is the AI unit we have discussed, which will determine national strategy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I will zone in on a specific example. I appreciate the Minister of State is in the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment but we have agreed that the brief is wider because artificial intelligence touches most things. Among low-risk uses with no additional obligations is the use of AI in marketing. We know that AI used to create advertisements or art uses the work of others,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: It does not cover this, however. Is this an example of where additional domestic legislation could be introduced here? Is there any legal impediment to us prohibiting the use of AI in art and advertising? Just as we see different advertising standards in many countries, does the Minister of State see any legal impediments to us introducing legislation that would prevent art theft?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: If we come up short in that, is there any legal impediment to us introducing additional legislation, for example, if we are not comforted that the AI Act will prohibit theft?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: That is no problem. On a couple of things that have been discussed already, the Minister of State mentioned the competent authorities in her opening statement. Will they get corresponding additional resources to accompany the obligations they will get?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: In terms of the sandbox, an effective sandbox, if it is to be a regulatory one, should be independent of any Department. As the Minister of State said, the Department of the Taoiseach could be considered but, arguably, the regulatory framework is where it should sit because that is the only way you will be able to test it. I want to ask a specific question on this. How can the sandbox...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Will it have live personal data in it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I appreciate the concept the Minister of State is describing but what I am saying is that many of the risks are to do with the handling and use of live personal data. If it is a sandbox, I would assume the whole point is that it will not use live personal data. How does the Minister of State mitigate those risks? Are there additional tools available to her to mitigate those risks that can...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: I am familiar with what a sandbox is.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Discussion (Resumed) (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: Let me be clear: I support the sandbox, which is a great idea, but my concern is around the use of live personal data, which cannot technically happen in a sandbox. What else can we do to mitigate the specific risks?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: International Bodies (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 197. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland has been invited to the emergency ministerial meeting on Palestine being hosted by the Hague Group in Bogotá on 15 and 16 of July 2025, if he intends for us to join the Hague Group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37200/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 232. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 335 of 29 April 2025, the outcome of the consultant’s report cited; whether he will make this report public; the steps his Department is taking to retrofit or otherwise bring vacant married quarters previously used by the Defence Forces owned by his Department back into use as accommodation; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Artificial Intelligence (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 370. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if, given the eight competent authorities for the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act announced in March, he will set out the specific regulatory bodies and market surveillance authorities responsible for each of the prohibitions (Article 5) and high-risk uses (Annex III) in the Act (details supplied), in tabular form; if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Anti-Racism Measures (8 Jul 2025)

Sinéad Gibney: 621. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the practical application envisioned by his Department for the recently adopted IHRA working definition of antisemitism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37215/25]