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Question· writtenPQ 228asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2025
228. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in her Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38615/25]
Question· writtenPQ 209asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2025
209. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38616/25]
Question· writtenPQ 205asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2025
205. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38623/25]
Question· writtenPQ 199asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2025
199. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38617/25]
Question· writtenPQ 192asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2025
192. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38626/25]
Question· writtenPQ 172asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2025
172. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38614/25]
Question· writtenPQ 159asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2025
159. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38612/25]
Question· writtenPQ 147asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 July 2025
147. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38618/25]
Record· debate2025-07-08published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2025
Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Question· writtenPQ 370asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2025
370. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if, given the eight competent authorities for the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act announced in March, he will set out the specific regulatory bodies and market surveillance authorities responsible for each of the prohibitions (Article 5) and high-risk uses (Annex III) in the Act (details supplied), in tabular form; if he will clarify the lead regulator for the EU Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act in Ireland; if the lead regulator will be an independent authority or established within an existing Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37903/25]
Question· writtenPQ 365asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2025
365. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to improve AI literacy on a national level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37376/25]
Question· writtenPQ 361asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 July 2025
361. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the initiatives currently undertaken or planned by his Department and agencies under his remit to encourage more businesses to adapt faster, more reliable fibre to the premise broadband over slower, outdated copper broadband; if he is concerned by Comreg data which indicates that only 10% of all business broadband connections currently are fibre to the premises connections; if his Department has undertaken any research on the impact of continuing to use outdated copper broadband on business productivity and efficiency and on the adaptation of digital technologies such as AI; the way in which his Department intends to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37078/25]
Question· writtenPQ 177asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 July 2025
177. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to introduce legislation that will criminalise individuals who use artificial intelligence to produce and distribute deepfake images and videos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36381/25]
Question· writtenPQ 72asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 2 July 2025
72. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department collates data on the level of expenditure across Government in relation to the adoption of AI; if there are plans to establish a fund to support the innovative use of AI across Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36330/25]
Question· writtenPQ 590asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2025
590. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if AI is being used to answer queries received through the DCC portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35956/25]
Question· writtenPQ 309asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 1 July 2025
309. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if a comprehensive AI strategy to protect the rights and livelihoods of those working in the Irish tour guide industry will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35359/25]
Question· writtenPQ 57asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 June 2025
57. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he supports and if his Department has been involved in discussions surrounding, a proposal for an European Artificial Intelligence Liability Directive to create a rebuttable 'presumption of causality', which would assist musicians, performers and composers to vindicate their right to equitable remuneration for use of their work by artificial intelligence companies without consent or compensation; if he considered the need for protections of this sort in domestic Irish legislation to protect the Irish music sector; and his plans to protect Irish culture from the potential harms of artificial intelligence scraping of cultural material. [34954/25]
Record· debate2025-06-24published
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2025
Joint Committee on Artificial Intelligence
Question· writtenPQ 447asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 June 2025
447. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has considered the risks that could be posed to the integrity of the State examinations by allowing students to work on their additional assessment components outside of the supervised school environment with access to third parties and artificial intelligence; and the steps her Department is planning to take to counter such risks. [34341/25]
Question· writtenPQ 72asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 June 2025
72. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment how his Department, working alongside Enterprise Ireland, is adapting to support the needs of startups in the face of AI and sustainability demands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32950/25]
Question· writtenPQ 990asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2025
990. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the degree to which he is pursuing the ‘CERN for AI’ proposal (details supplied); if he sees opportunity in State-led AI collaboration, research and investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32739/25]
Question· writtenPQ 584asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2025
584. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has considered expanding the scope of Coco’s Law to cover deepfakes and AI generated content more explicit given the rise in online image-based abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31888/25]
Question· writtenPQ 474asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2025
474. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the protections and supports he plans to introduce to safeguard and promote authentic Irish cultural production and employment in the arts sector given the growth of streaming platforms and AI generated content; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31886/25]
Question· writtenPQ 365asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2025
365. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32479/25]
Question· writtenPQ 142asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 June 2025
142. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will pause the introduction of senior-cycle redevelopment for all tranche 2 subjects, not just English and accounting, in order to allow for adequate preparation particularly relating to school resourcing, the impact of artificial intelligence and evaluation of additional assessment components; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31225/25]
Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 June 2025
116. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the development of any policies, guidelines and supports for second level educators in relation to the effective and responsible integration of AI into teaching and assessment practices; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31304/25]
Question· oralPQ 87asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 12 June 2025
87. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, in light of the deep concern regarding, among other things, the resourcing of schools, training of teachers and impact of artificial intelligence on the validity and authenticity of additional assessment components, and the related recent vote of rejection by the ASTI union, she will pause her accelerated plan for senior cycle redevelopment and re-engage with teachers and their representatives to ensure their concerns are addressed and the quality and integrity of the leaving certificate is maintained; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31564/25]
Question· writtenPQ 390asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 11 June 2025
390. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason Ireland is not involved the EU AI Factories initiative to date; if, in the context of the new EU AI Continent Action Plan, Ireland will seek to join a consortium as part of the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30874/25]
Question· writtenPQ 462asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2025
462. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when the regulation of artificial intelligence Bill will be published in 2025. [29742/25]
Question· writtenPQ 116asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2025
116. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on whether current and projected energy and water demand from data centres and AI is excessive; the steps he will take to prevent data centres and AI from absorbing electricity and water needed for housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30250/25]
Question· oralPQ 103asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 June 2025
103. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware of recent concerns expressed by officials in his Department that policy choices would need to be made between data centre expansion for AI and housing delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30272/25]
Question· writtenPQ 469asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
469. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice if any legislation could currently be used to prosecute those who use artificial intelligence to create child pornography deepfakes; if he will consider introducing a specific offence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28777/25]
Question· writtenPQ 328asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
328. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps his Department he plans to take to increase the number of Irish businesses using big data, the cloud, and AI. [28796/25]
Question· writtenPQ 327asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
327. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number and percentage of Irish SMEs using cloud, big data and AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28795/25]
Question· writtenPQ 319asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
319. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the implementation of the AI Act in Ireland and in particular on the development of an AI sandbox; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28780/25]
Question· writtenPQ 145asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
145. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the measurement that has been carried out of the impact on carbon emissions of expanding the use of AI in the public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28130/25]
Question· writtenPQ 143asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
143. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will report on his guidelines on the use of AI for better public services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27873/25]
Question· writtenPQ 127asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
127. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the actions he will take the address the concerns raised about the use of AI in the public service by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28129/25]
Question· writtenPQ 119asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
119. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the use of AI in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27634/25]
Question· writtenPQ 92asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 29 May 2025
92. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the way in which he is enabling public servants to use AI in the delivery of services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27874/25]
Question· writtenPQ 416asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2025
416. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he plans to attract academic expertise in artificial intelligence as part of his plans to attract academics from the United States, in light of the EU's AI Continent Action Plan, laying out plans for the Commission to attract AI academics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27841/25]
Question· writtenPQ 413asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2025
413. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on plans for data centre development in light of the AI Continent Action Plan, describing data and computing infrastructure as vital for AI development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27840/25]
Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2025
185. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding allocated to any measure falling under the National AI Strategy for 2025; the projected funding for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28390/25]
Question· writtenPQ 153asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 May 2025
153. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the reason Ireland is not involved the EU AI Factories initiative to date; if, in the context of the new EU AI Continent Action Plan, Ireland will seek to join a consortium as part of the initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27839/25]
Question· writtenPQ 235asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 May 2025
235. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is a way to volunteer SME expertise to her Department's AI for schools development; and if so, the contact details for the persons working on AI literacy, sustainability and ethics for schools. [26680/25]
Question· writtenPQ 185asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 May 2025
185. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí, Seachadta ar an bPlean Forbartha Náisiúnta, agus Athchóirithe an bhfuil leagan Gaeilge de na “Guidelines for the Responsible Use of Artificial Intelligence in the Public Service” a foilsíodh an 12 Bealtaine 2025 i mBéarla amháin; ar baineadh aon leas as an intleacht shaorga agus na treoirlínte sin á scríobh; an taighde a fhoilsiú a bhí mar bhunús don ráiteas nach bhfuil mórán nó aon riosca ag baint leis an intleacht shaorga ag soláthar aistriúcháin; an ndearna a Roinn aon phlé go hinmheánach, leis an Roinn Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán nó le saineolaithe maidir le himpleachtaí na dtreoirlínte sin ar an aistriúchán i gcomhthéacs na Gaeilge; an bhfuil maoirsiú daonna le déanamh ar aistriúchán de chuid na hintleachta saorga chun a chinntiú go bhfuil sé ar ardchaighdeán sula gcuirfear an t-aistriúchán sin ar fáil don phobal; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [26499/25]
Question· writtenPQ 215asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2025
215. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the steps being taken, or envisaged, to protect the 'rip-off' of copyright by AI tools in areas such as, but not exclusive to, music and the arts generally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25003/25]
Question· writtenPQ 178asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 May 2025
178. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice his plans to support the Garda to use artificial intelligence in criminal investigations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24738/25]
Question· writtenPQ 233asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2025
233. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of degree courses in artificial intelligence being offered in the State at each of bachelor and master levels; the total number of places on offer on these courses; his plans to increase the number of courses and places; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24787/25]
Question· writtenPQ 230asked
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 May 2025
230. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the policies, guidelines, and supports that are in place for third-level institutions and educators in relation to the effective and responsible integration of AI into teaching and assessment practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24546/25]