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Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages

2026-07-15 Carried Seanad Éireann Division Question put: "That the Bill do now pass."
25Tá
13Níl

What the debate was about

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Amendment No. 44 provides that the register shall contain copies of fundamental rights impact assessments for high-risk AI systems deployed by public bodies. I move amendment No. 53: In page 33, after line 37, to insert the following: “(3) The personal data of a child shall not be collected or processed for the purpose of developing, training and testing certain AI systems in a sandbox.”.

Amendment No. 58 is an important amendment that seeks to ensure that fundamental rights considerations are an explicit factor in decisions on the granting of permissions for the testing of high-risk AI systems in the real world, with particular reference to the rights of vulnerable persons. The amendments would require a market surveillance authority to have explicit regard to the impact of testing on fundamental rights and, in the case of amendment No. 58, the rights of vulnerable persons.

amendment 173high-risk 63surveillance 63systems 97data 103article 71testing 64sandbox 28office 106rights 86

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Tellers

Tellers: Tá, Senators Cathal Byrne and Pat Casey; Níl, Senators Patricia Stephenson and Nessa Cosgrove.

Other votes in this debate

QuestionResultTá–Níl
Amendment put: Lost 13–24
Amendment put: Lost 14–26
Amendment put: Carried 21–9

Tá

25
  • FG Fine Gael 14
  • FF Fianna Fáil 10
  • IND Independent 1
FG Cathal Byrne Cultural and Educational Panel
FG Eileen Lynch Agricultural Panel
FG Evanne Ní Chuilinn Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Gareth Scahill Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Garret Ahearn Administrative Panel
FG Garret Kelleher Industrial and Commercial Panel
FG Joe O'Reilly Labour Panel
FG Linda Nelson Murray Industrial and Commercial Panel
FG Manus Boyle Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Maria Byrne Agricultural Panel
FG Mike Kennelly Labour Panel
FG Noel O'Donovan Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG PJ Murphy Agricultural Panel
FG Paraic Brady Agricultural Panel
FF Alison Comyn Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Dee Ryan Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Fiona O'Loughlin Administrative Panel
FF Joe Flaherty Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Margaret Murphy O'Mahony Labour Panel
FF Niall Blaney Agricultural Panel
FF Ollie Crowe Industrial and Commercial Panel
FF Pat Casey Labour Panel
FF Shane Curley Cultural and Educational Panel
FF Teresa Costello Agricultural Panel
IND Martin Conway Administrative Panel

Níl

13
  • IND Independent 4
  • SF Sinn Féin 4
  • LAB Labour 2
  • AON Aontú 1
  • GP Green Party 1
  • SD Social Democrats 1
IND Aubrey McCarthy University of Dublin
IND Eileen Flynn Administrative Panel
IND Joe Conway Cultural and Educational Panel
IND Lynn Ruane University of Dublin
SF Chris Andrews Labour Panel
SF Conor Murphy Industrial and Commercial Panel
SF Joanne Collins Agricultural Panel
SF Pauline Tully Cultural and Educational Panel
LAB Laura Harmon Industrial and Commercial Panel
LAB Nessa Cosgrove Labour Panel
AON Sarah O'Reilly Agricultural Panel
GP Malcolm Noonan Agricultural Panel
SD Patricia Stephenson Labour Panel

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