Aidan Farrelly (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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134. 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 his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; if any section of his Department currently makes use of artificial intelligence; if he will outline the purposes it is utilised for and costs associated with same; if he has consulted with any consultancy firms in respect of the use of AI; if he will provide a schedule of consultants engaged and costs of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6338/25]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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My Department's policies in relation to artificial intelligence (AI) are informed by advice and guidance issued by Government and the National Cyber Security Centre. No consultancy firms have been engaged specifically for AI advice.

A service for the provision of technology research and advice, including AI, is in place with Gartner Ltd.

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).