Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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75. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has taken advice in respect of the use of artificial intelligence, AI, within the Department; if any section of his Department currently makes use of AI; 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 AI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4811/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department has a policy on the use of Generative AI, written in line with advice and guidance issued by Government and the National Cyber Security Centre. Officials of my Department have also consulted with Gartner on developments in AI technology.

The Department has not deployed Generative AI solutions but is actively researching Large Language Models (LLM) and their possible uses. Such research has cost approximately €25,000 on infrastructure (servers and computing resources).