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

Maurice Quinlivan: Members participating remotely are required to do so from within the Leinster House complex only. So far, apologies have been received from Senator Garret Ahearn. Today we will look at the impact of artificial intelligence on business. In October 2023, the committee reported on artificial intelligence in the workplace. One of the key observations of the committee was that further...

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

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank Ms O'Meara. I now invite Mr. O'Reilly to make his opening remarks on behalf of EY.

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

Maurice Quinlivan: Thank you. I now invite members to discuss the issues with the representatives present. I call Deputy O'Reilly.

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

Louise O'Reilly: I thank our guests for the information they have given us. This is one of a series of engagements we are having on this subject. I am sure I will not be the only one to say it this morning but the more we know, the more we realise what we do not know. That does not mean we are not interested. It is an issue that the committee is taking a particular interest in, which is very welcome, and...

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

Louise O'Reilly: The witnesses referred to jobs that are skilled or semi-skilled. That is grand. However, for people who have an app on their phone, which is all that guides their day, the witnesses will understand the fear of that app being somehow empowered to hire and fire without any human interaction. While I respect what the witnesses are saying and understand where they are coming from, let us be...

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

Louise O'Reilly: I know.

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

Louise O'Reilly: The committee is glad to have the witnesses here.

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

Louise O'Reilly: I have one other question. I am conscious that my time is tight and I do not think I will have a chance to come back in again because I will have to leave after this. I have to chair a thing at IBEC. I wish to speak briefly about the importance of high-performance computing in co-ordinating cutting-edge research, developing AI, etc. Do our guests know that Ireland's national...

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

Louise O'Reilly: I would like to see the evidence linking that to improvements in living standards. Certainly, we will find ourselves in an increasingly difficult place until that supercomputer is replaced. The Chair is telling me that my time is up, so I will leave it at that.

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

Maurice Quinlivan: I thank our guests for raising the issue of politics and the misinformation that might occur during elections. That is really important. Last year the Mayor of London was undermined in a video that even his own family believed was him speaking about a contentious parade that was about to take place. Police were deployed on the streets to prevent rioting and that all came from a fake AI...

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

Maurice Quinlivan: Next is Deputy Stanton.

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

Maurice Quinlivan: Before we sign up to doing anything, it would be better if the Oireachtas allowed us to access AI sometimes. It has blocked some of the platforms. My apologies for interrupting.

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

Maurice Quinlivan: Unless anyone else wants to comment, that concludes the consideration of this matter today. I thank the representatives for assisting the committee in our consideration of this important matter. I know I speak for all the members when I say that we have had an exceptionally informative and useful discussion. I propose that we go into private session to consider other matters. Is that...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)

Colm Burke: I fully understand where the Deputy is coming from in relation to any person having difficulty accessing dental care. It is clearly set out in the statement, "The HSE is required to support the provision of emergency care to adult medical card holders who have difficulty accessing a local dentist." Access to dental care, including for adult medical card holders, is a top priority for the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 10.25 p.m. go dtí 9.10 a.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 1 Bealtaine 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 10.25 p.m. until 9.10 a.m. on Wednesday, 15 May 2024.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)

Dental Services

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Colm Burke, for being here tonight. I am raising the long waiting list for dentures, specifically for people over 70. I want to go back to a newspaper article in January 2009, which appeared under the subheading: "Dentures will be rationed for medical card holders as part of a wave of Health Service Executive ... cutbacks, dentists representatives...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)

Colm Burke: I thank Deputy Buckley for raising this matter. I am dealing with this reply on behalf of the Minister. Dentures and denture repairs for medical card holders are provided by contractors through the dental treatment services scheme, DTSS, which provides dental care, free of charge, to medical card holders aged 16 and over. Denture-related items are available from both dentists who hold a...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Dental Services (14 May 2024)

Pat Buckley: I thank the Minister of State. I respect the response outlined. I am well aware that new dentures can be provided every five years, but that is if a patient can access a dentist. That is the issue here. Then there is the medical stuff that goes with it. Oral health is vital. The Minister of State's written statement reads, "The HSE is required to support the provision of emergency...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Sports Events (14 May 2024)

Niall Collins: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, to which I am replying on behalf of the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. It is important to note that the GAA, like all national governing bodies, NGBs, in sport, is an independent, autonomous body. The management of broadcasting and commercial rights is entirely a matter for the association. The GAA, like all NGBs,...