Martin Heydon (Kildare South, Fine Gael)
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The following Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects are used within my Department for research and analysis purposes under business as usual at no additional cost unless otherwise indicated.

AI technologies	Purpose	Function	Associated licencing and use of AI costs
Machine Learning	Predicting the likelihood of TB outbreaks.	Research & Development	€0
Deep Learning	Image analysis for identifying species susceptible to H5N1 (Bird flu).	Research & Development	€0
Customer Segmentation	Customer Segmentation analysis for developing Agri-Food policies.	Research & Development	€0
Logistic Regression Modelling	Analysis for identifying risk factors for Microbial Food Safety.	Research & Development	€0
Generative AI	Analysing content to produce IT documentation.	Research & Development	€5,693.00
Generative AI	Automatically Preparing IT test scenarios	Research & Development	€0
Generative AI	Document Summarisation	Research & Development	€0
Knowledge Graph	Tracing risk factors within the agri-food supply chain	Research & Development	€0

The following Department operations are conducted using Artificial Intelligence tools delivered under business as usual at no additional cost.

Machine Learning

Smart text analysis to prevent and contain data breaches.

Operational

€0

All current and future AI use cases are subject to human review, data protection and governance measures. My Department is committed to ensuring that any use of AI is informed by an assessment of any potential human rights and equality implications, with a need for careful management in accordance with privacy and broader ethical and legal frameworks. For operational and security reasons, my Department has been advised by the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) not to disclose details which could, in any way, identify potential vulnerabilities in Departmental Cybersecurity arrangements.