Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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262. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 143 of 7 March 2023, if a person (details supplied) is still on the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34336/23]

Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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In line with the National Digital Strategy, Harnessing Digital – The Digital Ireland Framework, and the National AI Strategy, AI – Here for Good, the Enterprise Digital Advisory Forum was established to support Government in driving a step change in the digitalisation of enterprise in Ireland.

The Forum brings together representatives of indigenous enterprise, multi-national enterprises, and experts in digital technologies and their adoption by enterprise. It supports the implementation of the enterprise aspects of the National Digital Strategy and provides an important setting for enterprise to provide feedback to Government on various challenges and opportunities they identify in relation to digitalisation. This information can then be shared across Government.

Positions on the Forum were filled following an open call for expression of interest and an assessment process. The Forum was appointed in May of 2022. In order to update the membership of the Forum to reflect its Work Programme for 2023, a second open call for expressions of interest was opened on Monday 19th June 2023 and closed on Friday 30th June last. These new applications will now be assessed and I will make appointments to the Forum based on this process before the next meeting of the Forum in the Autumn. Due to the new areas of focus under the Work Programme and to ensure the size of the Forum is appropriate, existing members of the Forum may not be reappointed.