934. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on establishment of a sub committee on the use of AI in our schools, as per the senior cycle redevelopment support measures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60183/25]
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64. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has projects, contracts, or pilots currently being undertaken or in development that make use of agentic AI; if the use of these technologies is internal only or public facing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57622/25]
152. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is using agentic AI in the delivery of its services or operations; if it is considering the use of agentic AI, and in what contexts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55695/25]
414. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on her Department's policy on the use of artificial intelligence in schools. [51181/25]
164. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to combat the use of AI in assessments; the concerns her Department has; the steps she is taking to reduce its prevalence; if she will engage with stakeholders to insure the integrity of assessment practices can be protected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38582/25]
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]
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]
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]
624. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she is aware of reports that AI tools are having a detrimental impact on education and learning (details supplied); and whether she will consider a ban on such tools in school settings, in order to maximise student capabilities in the long run. [24475/25]
755. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education if guidelines will be published to schools on the use of artificial intelligence as part of the Leaving Certificate; the impacts artificial intelligence could have on Leaving Certificate points in the future; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18604/25]
756. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education the extent to which artificial intelligence will be allowed during the process of students working on school projects for the Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18605/25]
239. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will outline the steps her Department is taking to improve data collection and database construction in anticipation of the increased data processing capacity that artificial intelligence adoption entails; if she will outline the logic behind their approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18356/25]
240. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will identify any projects which the Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18373/25]
241. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will identify any projects which a body under the aegis of her Department has underway with CeADAR, Ireland’s national centre for AI; if she will send this question to the bodies for direct response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18391/25]
242. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will specify the specific policy areas where the Department is examining future use of AI; if she will identify what entities the Department is working with, public or private, in relation to this examination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18408/25]
243. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will identify any AI training offered to people working in the Department; the level of take-up; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18425/25]
217. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education the policy and or guidance developed and disseminated by her Department to schools and teachers on the use of AI by students, particularly in cases where there is a possibility of students submitting work in homework, assessments and or continual assessment and or examinations of which they are not the author of and have relied on AI to generate answers; whe…
773. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of her Department and each body under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12916/25]
384. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department in 2024, 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of her Department currently makes use of artificial intelligence; if she will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; if she has consulted with any consultancy firms i…
323. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of her Department currently makes use of AI; the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if she has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI. [4813/25]
88. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by her Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programs or Department operations, if any, are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3704/25]
553. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education if her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence within her Department; if training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if her Department has used AI, including large language models in the preparation of legislation or statutory instruments; and if she will make a statement on the m…
625. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education if her Department and agencies under the aegis of her Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within the Department and those agencies; whether training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if her Department has used AI, including large language models, in the preparation of legislation or statutory instruments; and if she …