Ireland shall establish a permanent, independent Technology Council whose purpose is to ensure that every significant technology operating in or introduced to Ireland is assessed honestly, governed transparently, and held accountable to the principles established in Article 31 and the values of this constitution as a whole.
The Technology Council shall be composed of independent scientists, ethicists, legal scholars, ecologists, and citizen representatives, appointed through a transparent process by the Citizens’ Assembly established in Article 96. No member of the Technology Council shall have any current or recent financial interest in any technology company, pharmaceutical company, defence contractor, or any other entity with a commercial interest in the outcome of any assessment. Breach of this requirement is a constitutional offence.
The Technology Council shall have the following powers and duties, all of which are constitutionally guaranteed and may not be removed or reduced by legislation:
To assess any technology operating in or proposed for introduction to Ireland against the principles of Article 31, on its own initiative or upon referral from any citizen, court, or public body.
To require full disclosure from any entity developing, deploying, or profiting from any technology in Ireland — including disclosure of funding sources, risk assessments, known harms, and conflicts of interest. Refusal to disclose is a constitutional offence.
To impose a moratorium on any technology it assesses as posing a serious and credible risk to human health, human dignity, the natural world, or the democratic order, pending full independent assessment. Such a moratorium has immediate legal force.
To refer any technology, practice, or entity to the appropriate criminal or civil authorities where evidence of harm, concealment, or constitutional violation is found.
To publish all findings, assessments, and decisions in full, in plain language, freely accessible to every person in Ireland.
To recommend to the Dáil and the people, through the Citizens’ Assembly, whether any technology requires specific legislation, constitutional amendment, or referendum before it may be deployed in Ireland.
The Technology Council shall operate on a rolling basis, reassessing technologies as they develop and as new evidence emerges. No assessment is permanent. Every assessment is honest.
No government, corporation, or international body may instruct, pressure, defund, or interfere with the Technology Council in the performance of its duties. Any attempt to do so is a constitutional offence subject to the consequences established in Article 97.