Received
Decided 9 January 2024
Part-Granted
Request Reference FOI/2023/0329
Requester Type
Department of the Taoiseach

1. Any correspondence between December 17th 2022 to December 4th 2023 to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, his advisors or the Department of An Taoiseach from (i) OpenAI (including subsidiaries OpenAI Inc and OpenAI Global, LLC); (ii) Meta and its subsidiaries; (iii) Amazon and its subsidiaries; (iv) Microsoft and its subsidiaries; (v) Apple and its subsidiaries; (vi) Google and its subsidiaries regarding: A) Ireland’s position on the Artificial Intelligence Act B) The technology companies’ (eg OpenAI, Meta et al) position on AI regulation in EU and Ireland C) Online safety issues or concerns regarding AI use D) Ireland’s approach to corporate taxation and tax-related regulation 2. Records or minutes of any meetings or phone calls on the same topics (a–d above) between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, his advisors or the Department of An Taoiseach and representatives of the technology companies. Any submissions, notes, reports or draft reports on same topics submitted to the Taoiseach, his advisors or the Department of An Taoiseach.