Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Dail Éireann — 2023-05-18
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

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Deputy Troy raised the issue of AI and I appreciate the points he made about good governance, trust and confidence. However, it will be some time before that directive comes to light. It will be a considerable length of time. I favour the use of facial recognition technology by An Garda Síochána in respect of child abuse cases, for example, as well as murder cases. There are approximately three areas that the Commissioner has asked for this technology on the basis of using data that has been collected or that is already available. This would be instead of gardaí spending hours and hours going over data to try to identify a person who could be responsible or who could do further harm. We need balance on this. I do not think gardaí are looking for a comprehensive approach or anything like that. However, in specific areas, such as child abuse and murder, we must listen to what they are saying.

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Sitting date: 2023-05-18