Ireland Tax Authority Resists Using AI for Decision-making

Jan. 21, 2026, 11:54 AM UTC

Ireland’s tax authority is leveraging AI in its operations but doesn’t let the technology make tax-related decisions, a commissioner for the body said.

Revenue commissioner Ruth Kennedy said in a statement Tuesday to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence that the authority’s use of AI was focused on supporting human decision-making.

“While Revenue does not use AI to make tax-related decisions or carry out its statutory functions, its use is very much part of what Revenue does and how it operates,” said Kennedy.

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