Ivana Bacik (Dublin Bay South, Labour)
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227. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has a policy on the use of artificial intelligence; and if any Departmental functions are assisted by language model-based chatbots (details supplied). [42826/23]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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As advised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) in their release “Cyber Security Guidance on Generative AI for Public Sector Bodies” published on 1 June 2023, staff in my Department are developing risk assessment frameworks and policy guidelines for staff to ensure that any use of AI tools is done in a safe and appropriate manner and on the basis of an accepted business case. Until this work is complete and in place, my Department has acted on the advice of the NCSC by restricting access to AI tools by default. As a result, there are no Departmental functions being assisted by language model-based chatbots at this time.