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Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

“Many of the questions that were asked relate to AI and how decisions are made. I am glad it is still human to human and am hopeful that we never venture into using any sort of algorithms to speed up the asylum process. The information may already be out there and I just have not delved into it enough, but what I am interested in is the idea of safety and safe countries. Ireland deems...”

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

“My office has had some interaction with people from the LGBTQ+ community who went through international protection interviews and have expressed a concern or fear about being able to prove persecution on that ground. In the case of gay men, say, they may be asked questions about whether they have had a gay relationship or whether they have visited or frequented any gay establishments in...”

Joint Committee On Children, Equality, Disability, Integration And Youth: Integration and Refugee Issues: Discussion (Resumed) (30 May 2023)

“Are other factors taken into account? I am not sure whether different factors are weighted or how that might be done. For example, what weight is given to the fact that somebody has not had a partner of the same sex as against the other information they provide? How are those more personal questions weighted against everything else the applicant may be providing to the interviewer?”

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