42. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the proposed national AI office will be up and running by August 2026; if it will provide the immediate, coordinated, all-of-government approach to AI that is required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12898/26]
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62. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will be recommending that the State explore publicly owned AI resources and technologies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12957/26]
65. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reasons the proposed Oifig Intleachta Shaorga na hÉireann, or the AI Office of Ireland, has been placed under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13312/26]
68. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the legislative measures he is planning to implement to ensure that artificial intelligence adaptation does not lead to job loses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13129/26]
71. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will ensure the national AI office has a dedicated role for, or a board with members from, disabled people’s organisations and disability organisations, to ensure that the benefits and risks posed by AI for people with disabilities are at the forefront of any policy decisions, particularly the development of AI ethical regulations…
75. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will ensure that the national AI office will have the necessary levels of independence, technical experts and resourcing to ensure that there are no conflicts between the State’s supports for industry to harness AI, the State’s own deployment of AI, and the design, implementation and enforcement of regulations to govern AI, and to…
80. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures being put in place to help businesses, particularly SMEs, identify their supervisory authority under the distributed regulatory model in the general scheme of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13253/26]
83. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he would support the establishment of a citizens’ assembly on artificial intelligence digitalisation and technology to facilitate inclusive public dialogue and democratic input on AI policy and ethics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12897/26]
86. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department’s emphasis on promoting AI will influence how the proposed Oifig Intleachta Shaorga na hÉireann, or the AI Office of Ireland, approaches its co-ordinating role under the EU AI Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13311/26]
87. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide for the development of a national AI risk register within the national AI office to identify and monitor systemic risks across sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12950/26]
567. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether any artificial intelligence tools or systems were used at any stage in the drafting, analysis, consultation, or preparation of the general scheme of the Regulation of Artificial Intelligence Bill 2026 (details supplied); if so, the nature of those tools, the purposes for which they were used and the safeguards in place to ensur…
471. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if Ireland will be represented at the Global AI Summit in India in February 2026; if so, the nature of that representation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9273/26]
454. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the scope of the proposed regulation of the AI Bill; and the expected timelines for publication of the general scheme, pre-legislative scrutiny, and publication of the Bill. [8247/26]
90. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he or any of his officials have used artificial intelligence to write speeches, produce social media content for his Department, or to issue responses to parliamentary questions, since he took office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4592/26]
322. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his plans to legislate against AI’s use in the creation of objectionable material, given issues that have arisen in certain applications (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3131/26]
43. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the policy initiatives taken on AI in 2025; the priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2638/26]
141. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his engagement with companies developing AI technologies to ensure that responsible and ethical tools are being developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1748/26]
962. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps his Department is taking to address AI displacement and a decrease in quality jobs in the tech sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2385/26]
963. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he is aware of the potential redundancies of 400 AI workers taking place at a company (details supplied); whether his Department has engaged with the company on this issue; the steps his Department is taking to protect jobs in the tech sector amid increasing labour displacement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
965. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in his Department within the past 12 months; the expenditure associated with those projects; and whether they are still ongoing, in tabular form. [74132/25]
1020. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department is using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and, if so, to outline which projects or units of the Department are affected. [2245/26]
1021. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether any agencies or other bodies under his remit are using artificial intelligence tools for any graphic design or similar work in place of artists, designers or videographers; and, if so, to outline which projects or units of the organisation are affected. [2263/26]
402. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will outline any engagement he has had with industry on the subject of new graduates being unable to obtain entry-level jobs in areas most affected by the adoption of artificial intelligence; if his Department has conducted any industry surveys to assess the existence of such a trend; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
403. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is considering the introduction of supports for new graduates unable to obtain entry-level jobs in areas most affected by the adoption of artificial intelligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73809/25]
404. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has modelled the number of jobs that might be lost or not created across different AI uptake and adoption scenarios; if he will provide a breakdown of any such analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73810/25]