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If the Minister for Education understands that X is violating Irish criminal law, why is the Department of Education continuing to use the platform?

Again, using X for political comms is not mandatory or legally required; a Minister could simply instruct their department to shut down the account.
Minister says EU AI Act could allow regulation Ireland’s Further and Higher Education Minister has echoed some of Seoige’s concerns this morning, but cautioned that Grok is particularly challenging to tackle as it is not the “primary tool”, rather it is part of a “publication tool”. However, James Lawless said that a business creating the type of images produced by the AI chatbot Grok had been “set up in someone’s basement” it would have been raided by the Gardai “the next day”. “As legislators, we need to get on top of this very quickly,” Lawless told reporters ahead of a Cabinet meeting today. Lawless also said the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, which is currently being introduced, would be an “opportunity” to help regulate the industry. Lawless said legislation that can deal with “cases that aren’t even envisaged yet” is needed as “technology will always evolve”. The response by the Irish government has been complicated by X having its European headquarters in Dublin, and the government has responded to the development with mixed messages. At first, Media Minister Patrick O’Donovan said the blame lied with the users who request the creation of the images, not with the application itself.
January 13, 2026 at 1:11 PM