Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2026-07-15
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Patricia Stephenson (SD), Labour Panel

I am wondering about the guardrails that are in place if a market surveillance authority can just refuse to accept a finding. Are there criteria or grounds laid out under which it can refuse to accept that finding? If we are just saying it can refuse to accept a finding and, therefore, adopt that finding and act upon that finding within its own practices, it does not really strike me that we are holding these market surveillance authorities to account in any way. If we are just saying they can refuse to accept a finding by an adjudicator that they just do not like and does not work with what they are doing, I find that incredibly problematic. At the very least, if we had some sense of safeguards or guardrails in place like a series of grounds upon which it can do that, that would be something. I do not think it would be enough, but it would be something.

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Sitting date: 2026-07-15