Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) Bill 2022: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2023-10-24
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Eileen Flynn (IND), Nominated by the Taoiseach

I move amendment No. 2 :
In page 7, between lines 24 and 25, to insert the following:
“(b) does not include any devices or systems that are capable of processing the record made under paragraph (a) with facial recognition technology,”.
The amendment would enhance the definition of "recording device" to clarify that no data collected with a Garda recording device could be processed with facial recognition technology, FRT. We have had this argument many times in this Chamber. FRT has been proven again and again to have inaccurate bias when used in other countries.
The Artificial Intelligence Act in Europe will include a ban on live facial recognition. The amendment reflects all these factors and would ensure that the legislation would have to come back to the Oireachtas for approval before any facial technology could ever be used with a Garda recording device.

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Sitting date: 2023-10-24