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James Geoghegan

Irish Fine Gael TD and Vice Chair of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence.

Our report recommends the establishment of a Citizens’ Assembly to consider how the country should deal with this transformation. Citizens’ Assemblies have previously helped develop approaches to complex societal challenges and generated real momentum for action. I believe the scale of change AI will bring justifies a similar process.

AI Verified (Jun 9, 2026)

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James Geoghegan, “Government should establish Citizens’ Assembly on Artificial Intelligence,” Fine Gael, June 9, 2026.

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Use sortition (random selection of citizens) to staff AI oversight boards

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