We need to ensure that trust in this office is built up and that we can trust what is coming out of the office, the chief executive of the office and the board, notwithstanding some of the points that colleagues have made about board composition and expertise. While I am a Minister of State in the Department of enterprise and the office is being created by my Department, I assure Deputies that its autonomy and independence will be absolute in the legislation and there will be an arm's length approach taken to the AI office.
Regarding amendments Nos. 13, 14, 15, and 16, I thank Deputies Gibney, Lawlor, Conway-Walsh and Geoghegan for their amendments in respect of the board members of the AI office.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 7,616 words from 13 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Sinéad Gibney and George Lawlor; Níl, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to." | Carried | 89–70 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 58–94 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 56–94 |
| Question put: | Carried | 90–57 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 58–88 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 59–88 |
| Question put: | Carried | 118–28 |
| Question put: | Carried | 81–58 |
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