Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2026
223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has an any way to identify which Parliamentary Questions are AI generated; and the amount it costs, on average, to answer a Parliamentary Question. [45371/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department does not currently utilise any tools or platforms to assess whether a PQ may have been generated using AI, nor does it maintain a record of PQs that may have been drafted with AI assistance. All PQs received are given equal consideration.
Parliamentary Questions, priority, oral and written, are dealt with by the staff of the Divisions within my Department with responsibility for the issues raised in individual Questions as part of their typical day to day work. The number and level of staff, and the time allocated to preparing individual replies depends on the complexity and urgency of the issues raised, the ease of access to the required information, and the degree of cross-Divisional coordination required in preparing the reply. The cost of answering Parliamentary Questions can vary considerably, therefore, and it would be challenging to isolate the administrative costs associated with the processing of individual Questions.
