304. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will identify any AI training offered to people working in the Department; the level of take-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18436/25]
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305. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will detail how many physical letters the Minister’s offices and the customer service team in the Department received from the public in 2024; whether those letters are digitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18461/25]
306. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will detail how many emails the Minister’s offices and the customer service mailbox the Department received from the public in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18478/25]
307. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more efficiently; if so, in which areas of the Department has this examination been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18495/25]
308. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí assigned to County Wexford, by rank, in each of the years from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18117/25]
309. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice if he will review a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18207/25]
310. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice if there is an update regarding the withholding of funds from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18221/25]
311. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if he will expedite an Irish citizenship application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18266/25]
312. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice if he will expedite the issuing of a GNIB visa in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18268/25]
313. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 547 of 25 March 2025, if the information could be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18301/25]
314. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to roll out live facial recognition technology as a policing tactic; the safeguards that will be put in place to protect the privacy and civil liberties of the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18323/25]
315. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice for a complete breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme by Garda district in Dublin for the past 10 years, in tabular form. [18326/25]
316. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice if he will outline the steps his Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that artificial intelligence adoption entails; if he will outline the logic behind their approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18364/25]
317. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice if he will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18381/25]
318. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice if he will identify any projects which a body under the aegis of his Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; if he will send this question to the bodies for direct response; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18399/25]
319. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice if he will specify the specific policy areas where the Department is examining future use of AI; if he will identify what entities the Department is working with, public or private, in relation to this examination; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18416/25]
320. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice if he will identify any AI training offered to people working in the Department; the level of take-up; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18433/25]
321. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice if he will detail how many physical letters the Minister’s offices and the customer service team in the Department received from the public in 2024; whether those letters are digitised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18458/25]
322. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice if he will detail how many emails the Minister’s offices and the customer service mailbox the Department received from the public in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18475/25]
323. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice if he will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more efficiently; if so, in which areas of the Department has this examination been carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18492/25]
324. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the total costs of the trade mission to Nigeria and Senegal in September 2023, including the costs of the research and materials produced as part of the mission.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18234/25]
325. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he signed off on the dismantling of Coillte Nature; if so, the consideration he took into account before doing so; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17630/25]
326. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine in view of the widespread damage caused by falling trees in recent storms affecting ESB transmission lines, telecommunication lines and other critical infrastructure, if measures will be implemented across Departments to ensure that diseased trees are felled and financial support provided to landowners and households in view of the subs…
327. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the steps his Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that artificial intelligence adoption entails; if he will outline the logic behind their approach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18353/25]
328. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18370/25]