Niamh Smyth
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Oct 12, 2026
Gavan ReillyHOST
Yet Ireland's new AI office is tasked with both championing AI and overseeing its policing.
Gavan ReillyHOST
So how exactly does the government plan to do both, and is there an inevitable conflict of interest? The AI Minister, Niamh Smyth, is with me in studio this evening.
Gavan ReillyHOST
Minister, thanks for coming in.
Gavan ReillyHOST
Before we discuss those issues, let's have a look at what some people had to say to us earlier in Bray about their outlook on AI.
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Gavan ReillyHOST
Okay.
Gavan ReillyHOST
We'll more on that in the program for later.
Gavan ReillyHOST
But for now, Minister Niamh Smyth, thank you very much for joining us this evening on Monday with Gavin O'Reilly.
Gavan ReillyHOST
We're gonna take a short break.
Niamh SmythGUEST
I suppose there's three key things that we're consistently thinking about in terms of AI, in terms of, uh-
Jennifer StrongHOST
Minister Niamh Smyth is Ireland's Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Transformation.
Jennifer StrongHOST
She's the country's very first minister for AI.
Niamh SmythGUEST
I suppose the adoption and the rollout of it across the SME sector in Ireland, and we're thinking about, just as I said, adoption, uh, helping businesses, in particular the SME, SME sector, to scale and grow and use AI at, and, I suppose use it with confidence is the first thing, and to understand and to embrace the capabilities of AI too in, in terms of its effectiveness in creating efficiencies within business.