Malcolm Byrne (Wicklow-Wexford, Fianna Fail)

Absolutely, we would fully expect that to be the case. It could be useful for the committee in terms of seeing how this is going to be rolled out in practice. We might look at arranging a suitable time to do that. I find Ms Cassidy's point about how we use Copilot valid. What is Government policy in this area? I normally try to feed in three to five strategies to summarise it. It does not always make sense but it is useful. To refer to Deputy Geoghegan's point, while we have guidelines for the responsible use of AI in the public service, we need guidelines for the responsible us of AI in education. That is being sought very quickly.

I have two final questions. One relates to agentic AI and its use in procurement. One of our big complaints is often how long the procurement process takes across the public service. Agentic AI could speed that up. Is it being trialled anywhere at present or do our witnesses see it being used? Dr. Moran mentioned there have been 30 or 40 pilots trialled. In order to end things on a positive note, will he identify one or two that were particularly innovative and successful and impressed, but more importantly delivered improved public services? One of our witnesses might address the procurement side first.