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…
Topics / Artificial Intelligence
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsArtificial Intelligence
813 questions from 74 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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771 written, 42 oral
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| January 2025 | 23 |
| February 2025 | 58 |
| March 2025 | 24 |
| April 2025 | 104 |
| May 2025 | 19 |
| June 2025 | 6 |
| July 2025 | 44 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 10 |
| October 2025 | 42 |
| November 2025 | 29 |
| December 2025 | 38 |
| January 2026 | 104 |
| February 2026 | 54 |
| March 2026 | 9 |
| April 2026 | 88 |
| May 2026 | 24 |
| June 2026 | 66 |
| July 2026 | 34 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 18 |
| October 2026 | 19 |
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253. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 988 of 19 March 2025, if he can refer the question asked to the State bodies under his Department's aegis for a direct response to this Deputy given all other Ministers did in response to the same question; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16452/25]
80. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the AI Action Summit. [5755/25]
82. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the AI Action Summit. [10806/25]
152. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if artificial intelligence innovation will be a key theme of Ireland’s EU Presidency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15526/25]
352. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of copyright infringements (details supplied); the steps his Department are taking to protect Irish authors and their copyrighted material from tech companies using pirated material to train their AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15420/25]
356. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to reports of copyright infringements (details supplied); the steps his Department are taking to protect Irish authors and their copyrighted material from tech companies using pirated material to train their AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15425/25]
357. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the action that will be taken to protect Irish authors and their copyrighted material in the face of both piracy and the use of pirated material by a company (details supplied) to train its GenAI protocols (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15472/25]
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]
318. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice if it is intended to amend data protection rules to support Irish-based enterprises to maximise the use of available digital data to train their AI models; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14662/25]
110. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach 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. [12928/25]
135. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs 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. [12920/25]
227. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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. [12918/25]
260. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence 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. [12913/25]
373. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport 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. [12930/25]
446. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Finance 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. [12919/25]
497. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform 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. [12925/25]
529. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the Government’s response to the latest recommendation of Ireland’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Council to build-out national AI testbeds for multiple sectors. [11474/25]
530. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the Government’s response to the latest recommendation of Ireland’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Advisory Council to establish a dedicated Irish AI Office to ensure a central point of authority across Government, cohesive governance, clear success metrics, and a coordinated AI strategy and policy approach across all Departments…
531. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on progress on the recommendation of pillar 3 (relating to enterprise) of the 2024 refresh of Ireland’s national AI strategy. [11476/25]
532. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the steps he is taking to implement the EU AI Act; the way it is planned to provide simplified ways of compliance for SMEs. [11492/25]
549. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [12917/25]
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]
811. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media 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. [12929/25]
988. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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. [12923/25]