Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 7 November 2023
976. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to detail any ongoing or previous use of artificial intelligence within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47330/23]
View answerI wish to inform the Deputy that the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) is currently in the process of upgrading its suite of standard office productivity tools to the latest version of these applications, which are based on the Microsoft 365 platform. This platform includes additional business intelligence, process automation, app development, and app connectivity products that we avail of to develop line of business solutions for the Department. The underlying technology for this platform includes services that are labelled as artificial intelligence (A.I.). DCEDIY does not generate any content using A.I. and does not use A.I. for decision making. DCEDIY has not previously used A.I.; DCEDIY is guided by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and by the National Cyber Security Centre on ICT policy and security matters.
