Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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367. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.) within his Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of A.I., and if he will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; and if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of A.I. [38577/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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My Department has acted on the advice of the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in their release “Cyber Security Guidance on Generative AI for Public Sector Bodies”, published on 1/6/23, by restricting access to AI tools by default. As advised by the NCSC, staff in my Department are developing risk assessment frameworks in addition to guidelines for staff to ensure that any future use of AI tools is done in a safe and appropriate manner and on the basis of an accepted business case. My Department has not retained any consultancy firms to advise on the use of AI.