Fiscal Policy
Dail Éireann — 2025-12-09
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Naoise Ó Cearúil (FF), Kildare North

I thank the Tánaiste. I appreciate all that. The report contains measures we could take to achieve productivity gains. There are elements we could really tap into when it comes to digitalisation, in particular, and the likes of artificial intelligence, AI. There need to be guardrails for AI and that is why the national AI office is being established. There needs to be a proper and comprehensive examination of AI, which the Oireachtas joint committee and other bodies are doing, but we need to start considering ways to increase productivity significantly and take some of the drudgery out of administrative tasks. These could apply to the likes of waiting lists for surgeries and normal administrative tasks in various Departments. This is where we could start to see immediate and long-term economic benefits.

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Sitting date: 2025-12-09