Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-06-23
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Jim O'Callaghan (FF), Dublin Bay South

It is unusual because had I come here with legislation saying I am introducing the biometric identification provided for in the AI Act, I suspect Senator Higgins would have been vigorously opposed to that and would be asking me why I was introducing this excessive and disproportionate measure. I suspect that is what she will say when I bring forward legislation seeking to introduce biometric identification, hopefully later this year or next year.
Senator Higgins also correctly said that names are not biometric. That is correct. However, the difference between biometric analysis and biometric identification is that the latter, as I have repeatedly stated, is a process whereby an image is compared against a database of named individuals but the database contains biometric information.

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Sitting date: 2026-06-23