Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)

I thank the Senator. I agree. I have spoken to many teachers who are already using AI, whether in a special education setting or otherwise, who say it has been helpful. As part of leaving certificate reform and the roll-out, a task force has been put in place to look at teaching, learning and assessment, specifically for leaving certificate reform but it would be helpful for other elements of our school of all years and ages. That would bring together stakeholders. The TUI, which has signed up to it recently, will obviously be part of that with Oide, the State Examinations Commission and the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment, so I do not see why something like this could not be looked at. I suppose it is about making sure that teachers have supports and resources, understand how best to use AI and how they can benefit from it, but also how they can identify challenges and pitfalls too. I am sure the group could be open to looking at how it is done elsewhere and how we learn from other countries where, as the Senator mentioned, it is working well and teachers are using it well.