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Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Control of Exports Bill 2023: Committee Stage (28 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: We are moving into an era of cyber-surveillance and I do not see artificial intelligence mentioned anywhere in the Bill. We had a very interesting committee meeting two weeks ago about artificial intelligence so the Minister of State might not have a note now on it yet but this is a whole new area. The committee was told two weeks ago that artificial intelligence is developing faster than...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I thank the Minister for his comprehensive response. What was the situation last year? Was there an underspend last year? If so, what was it and what happened to that funding? Was it handed back to his Department or what happens in cases such as that? Is he concerned about roads projects that are advanced to a certain level, costing in some cases millions of euro, and then halted? If...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I return to the questions I asked. Was there an underspend last year and, if so, how much was it and was any of that funding returned? Is the Minister concerned with projects that have cost in some cases millions of euro being abandoned, with the risk of that funding being lost or wasted?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 34. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline the interaction his Department has had with the Department of Transport with respect to the delivery of projects under the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30990/23]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: National Development Plan (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: The question arises from a report that the Department of Transport has a major underspend so far this year. Will the Minister comment on this? Is this the case? If there will be an underspend at the year's end, is the money to be handed back to his Department? Was there an underspend last year?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: Professor Gregory O’Hare from Trinity College recently told the Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment that ChatGPT was the fastest growing technology in history, it was disruptive, it would replace a quarter of our work-related tasks and its speed was fast exceeding the rate at which law could be framed, including the EU's AI Act. Other countries have forums, task forces...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Road Projects (27 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 63. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received a request from the Department of Transport for extra funding for roads projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30991/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 50. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the status of a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30043/23]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (22 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has considered allowing a project (details supplied) to proceed this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30044/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: International Bodies (22 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 108. To ask the Minister for Finance to outline his current engagement with the International Monetary Fund, in particular on the subject of its commitment to aid in developing countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28857/23]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry (22 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: 147. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will outline the progress made to date by the Office to Promote Competition in the Insurance Market as it continues to work to help to attract new entrants into the Irish market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29961/23]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (21 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: The new tenant in situscheme for private tenants at risk of homelessness, where the owner has to sell the house, takes into the account the income of adult children who may have no other choice but to live in the house. I understand the scheme is under review. Will the Government consider discounting the income of adult children who live in the house with their parents? They will not be...

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Election of Cathaoirleach (21 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I second the nomination.

Committee on Key Issues affecting the Traveller Community: Election of Cathaoirleach (21 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I congratulate the Cathaoirleach on her appointment. It has been said that she is like a breath of fresh air. She is. Well done to her. May she keep it up. There is a huge amount of work to be done. I chaired for four years the justice committee which dealt with the national Traveller and Roma inclusion strategy. It was very difficult and challenging. We did the ethnicity bit way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I thank our guests for coming in before us today. Deputy O'Reilly used the word Luddite more than once. I am beginning to feel like one when looking at some of this stuff. A number of things strike me. The last line of Professor O'Hare's submission refers to the velocity of AI technology fast exceeding the rate at which the law regarding AI can be framed. That is quite scary. My sense,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: It might be a recommendation. I would like to hear what our guests think of that. As always, Deputy O'Reilly, being out first, has covered a lot of the issues we might have raised, but there you go. However, I have a few issues. I read the OECD report when it came out in March 2023 which Dr. Bambrick quoted. It talks about threats to fundamental rights and democracy. We had this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I come from a farming background, so I know what Mr. Lupton is talking about.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I would contend that it could probably be used in that context as well, with genetics and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: Okay.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Artificial Intelligence in the Workplace: Discussion (21 Jun 2023)

David Stanton: I wonder why.