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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I apologise for being late. I was in the Dáil Chamber speaking on road safety, which I understand AI can also play a part in by looking at traffic flows and so forth. I thank our guests for coming in, for their presentations and for the work they are doing. This has been described as the fourth industrial revolution. It is moving so fast, which is an issue with which I intend...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: It was fascinating stuff.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. Meade. I want to address the next question to Mr. McCorry. I thank him for his presentation and the work he is doing here. Mr. McCorry pointed out in his presentation that a quarter of all jobs worldwide will change by 2028, and 60% of employees will need reskilling by 2027, which is not that far away. Mr. McCorry might let us know what kind of reskilling he has in mind there....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Mr. McCorry. I will address my final question to the representatives from Amazon. They said that businesses of all sizes must have access, and currently AI skews towards the larger companies, 51% versus 31%. What can we do about that? How can we address it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank Dr. Rubel very much for that. There is a huge amount going on here. It is very hard to take it all in from everybody; it really is. We are particularly interest in this committee on assisting people from disadvantaged backgrounds who cannot get jobs. We did some work on people with disabilities getting into the workforce. My sense is that AI could assist people with disabilities...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I thank the witnesses. My time is up.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: I think Deputy Bruton said earlier that the genie is out of the bottle now. The genie in mythological times in the Arab world was an extremely powerful being that answered your wishes when you asked it for something. I get the impression that this AI is bordering on that in some ways; it is extraordinarily powerful. We talked about the AI Act in Europe. That covers Europe. There is also...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Businesses: Discussion (Resumed) (29 May 2024)

David Stanton: You do not need a government or a state. An individual can access this, in a back garage possibly, and do all kinds of stuff here. I will move on because my time is limited. The issue of super-intelligence, moving beyond human intelligence and even consciousness, has been raised on some occasions because this technology is moving so quickly. I know some people have disagreements about...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: I thank the Minister of State and appreciate that she is speaking on behalf of the Minister for the marine. The response has been drafted by Department of the marine officials on behalf of the Minister and does not capture the urgency. We do not need increased grant aid for onboard and inshore investments. We are beyond that. Somebody is drowning and we are talking about giving them...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy. I will raise this again with the Minister, Deputy McConalogue. He has met with representatives of the inshore fisheries recently and is very aware of the challenges they face. He is committed to ensuring we identify and explore all avenues available to us in terms of the funding supports that may be put in place for inshore fisheries. In saying that, we as a member...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 10.35 p.m. go dtí 9.10 a.m., Dé Céadaoin, an 29 Bealtaine 2024. The Dáil adjourned at at 10.35 p.m. until 9.10 a.m. on Wednesday, 29 May 2024.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Mairead Farrell: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome her constructive message and the fact there has already been a meeting. I hope another meeting will resolve this issue. Everybody would like to see this class being set up. Parents are concerned, which is completely understandable. We all know what it is like once we get into the summer months. There are concerns that parents would not get the...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy. We are in agreement on the need to resolve this issue. I have full faith that the school and the HSE will come to an amicable agreement. I will ask my Department officials to continue to engage with the NCSE and to monitor the issue. The NCSE is available to support the school and the HSE local team in resolving the issues at play here. The local SENO also has acted...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Fishing Industry

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn: There is a serious crisis in the inshore fishing sector. The sector has been denied the ability to fish for pollock and is questioning the methodology behind that. The price of crab, lobster and a range of shellfish species has either halved or just collapsed. The crisis with shrimp prices is ongoing since last year. The sector urgently needs support. Those in the sector have engaged...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Fishing Industry (28 May 2024)

Hildegarde Naughton: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister, Deputy McConalogue. The Minister is very aware of the challenges faced by inshore fishermen. He met with representatives of the inshore fleet recently to discuss them. The European Maritime Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, EMFAF, is the primary source of funding for the Irish seafood sector. It provides...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: The important issue relates to the school building programme and ensuring that the planned extension will happen as soon as possible. Obviously, it would have been better if it had happened earlier, but it would be good to get a timeline for when we think it can be delivered. If it was in train, we would not have the issues we have been facing recently, whereby parents were told that there...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Norma Foley: Absolutely. I know that the Deputy has a particular interest in special education and has engaged with me a number of times on it. We are deeply committed in this area, and while we were coming from a low base, it is an achievement to say we now have 3,000 special classes in the scheme and we can see that, for example, of the new special classes that are in place, 11 are in County Louth....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Bernard Durkan: That concludes Question Time.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Special Educational Needs (28 May 2024)

Ruairi Ó Murchú: Do we have no time left?