Questions

404. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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…

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

433. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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 mat…

434. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [18378/25]

435. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [18396/25]

436. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [18413/25]

437. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [18430/25]

440. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [18489…

59. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science what role has the use of artificial intelligence in our education system and how it is delivered at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14615/25]

1934. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to identify specific examples where artificial intelligence has been adapted for the operation of his Department and each body under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12921/25]

870. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if her Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (AI) within her Department in 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…

267. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a detailed breakdown of all funding allocated for the year ahead or spent in the past fiscal year by his Department on artificial intelligence systems or artificial intelligence research; what programs or Department operations, if any, are conducted using artificial intelligence tools; and…

1721. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department have policies on the use of artificial intelligence within the Department and those agencies; whether training has been provided to staff on the use of AI; if the Department has used AI (including large language models) in the preparation of …

1728. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department and agencies under the aegis of his 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 his Department has used AI, including large language models, in the preparatio…