Emer Currie (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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416. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he plans to attract academic expertise in artificial intelligence as part of his plans to attract academics from the United States, in light of the EU's AI Continent Action Plan, laying out plans for the Commission to attract AI academics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27841/25]

James Lawless (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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I was happy to announce on May 13th that Government had given their agreement to my proposals to establish a Global Talent Initiative to bring global research talent to Ireland. At a time when uncertainty looms for many researchers around the world, Ireland offers stability, opportunity, excellence and a gateway to the EU.

My Department will continue their work with Taighde Éireann- Research Ireland to design a call which will be launched this summer.

The programme will advance commitments in the Programme for Government and focus on areas of opportunity. Thematic areas of focus for research projects will reflect key economic and societal priorities in areas such as energy security, healthcare, life sciences, digital technologies and AI, food security, cyber security, semiconductors and quantum technologies. This is an indicative rather than exhaustive list of themes.

I look forward to being able to provide further information on this new programme in due course.