Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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192. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in his Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38626/25]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal East, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has established an AI steering group to ensure the safe and well-governed introduction of AI, aiming to assess potential efficiency gains within the Department. Chaired at the Assistant Secretary General level, this cross-cutting group involves the HR, IT, Data Analytics, Data Protection and Communications divisions. Additionally, the Department collaborates with its agencies through a CIO forum, beginning to take on a stewardship role in the broader application of AI across the transport sector. Through the AI steering group, the Department is piloting a number of AI applications and use cases. These are presently all internal only (they are not used for any public facing services) and all are compliant with the guidelines for the responsible use of AI in the public service.