Speaking to RTÉ Radio on Wednesday, Green Party Minister of State Ossian Smyth defended his party’s opposition to the addition of facial recognition technology to legislation currently going through the Oireachtas on the use of body cams by An Garda Síochána.
There were different types of facial recognition technology, he said. Technology that could scan a crowd and immediately identify people, like a car registration number – “it’s equivalent to having a registration number around your neck to some extent. It’s as if you are immediately recognisable and that’s obviously very useful”.
Mr Smyth said that pre-legislative scrutiny could happen within months, noting there was a balance of rights to be determined.
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