Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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390. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in her 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. [38620/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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My Department has an approved policy for the use of Gen AI, which is based on recommendations from the National Cyber Security Centre’s (NCSC) Cyber Security Guidance on Generative AI for Public Sector Bodies and DPENDR’s Interim Guidelines for Use of AI in the Public Service. The default approach is that Gen AI is not to be used for Departmental business, unless there is an approved business case that has completed the appropriate risk assessments.

A pilot implementation is currently being provided to a small number of staff regarding the possible use cases of Microsoft Copilot within our existing infrastructure, including improved efficiency and productivity. My Department spent approximately €8,000 in the past 12 months in respect of licences and training in this regard.