The report cautioned that "hostile actors amy may use this as an opportunity for disruption and to cause harm".

The new technology-focused posts will be filled over the next three years.

The report, which was carried out by Deloitte, made three high priority findings and said there was an “absence of some fundamental good practices” for projects like the controversial bike shed.

The survey of 1,000 people in Ireland was carried out as part of Deloitte’s Digital Consumer Trends report.

The research shows that 90 per cent of Irish companies lack a GenAI policy