Artificial Intelligence
Dail Éireann — 2025-11-13
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James Geoghegan (FG), Dublin Bay South

In the enterprise sector, work is under way and has been done historically in Ireland when it comes to attracting investment and technology companies here. Now we see in Ireland the work Enterprise Ireland has done in supporting the hyper scaling of technology companies and start-ups. We saw some measures in the budget and, hopefully, there are more to come in future to support the emergence of an indigenous technology industry here. Some of the steps we have taken could be adapted in other Departments. Perhaps we could see the leading role this Department is taking in other spheres, such as health and education. We can look at what other EU countries are doing. The hosting of the EU Presidency by Ireland presents a unique opportunity. A number of years ago when Estonia held the Presidency it created a digital summit. We could demonstrate that we are the lead in class when it comes to the regulation of AI and we could harness some of the benefits that are coming.

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Sitting date: 2025-11-13