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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: EU Proposals on Taxation of the Digital Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (3 May 2018)

...breadth. It raises the point, interestingly, that one can have companies which are highly digitalised but which have no relationship with the number of users or data participation. An example is cloud computing. One of the things we learned from the first phase of BEPS was that there was a universal acceptance that the rules had become broken. They creaked and did not match the pace...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Trends (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: ...of the Employer's PRSI Exemption scheme; - the launch of a National Broadband Plan; - the piloting of a Health Innovation Hub; and - work being undertaken to develop sectors such as Cloud Computing, Digital Games, Manufacturing, the Green Economy and other areas. More significantly, last year, 12,000 jobs were created in the private sector, particularly in export-oriented sectors...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Information and Communications Technology (14 Dec 2017)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...represents both current and capital investment in building and supporting a range of infrastructures such as the Government networks service, the build-to-share common applications and the private Government cloud platforms. A further €7.5 million has been provided in budget 2018 for the roll-out of the strategy. As the Deputy will be aware, the implementation of the EU general...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (27 Nov 2012)

Richard Bruton: ...this country. The Government’s 2012 Action Plan for Jobs identified the ICT sector as having potential for further significant growth in job creation. The Action Plan, with its focus on, amongst other things, cloud computing, digital games, ICT skills enhancement and broadband connectivity enhancement, will play an important role in helping win new international investment and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 Dec 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: ...in Schools programme must address new policy challenges and opportunities arising from major developments in curricular reform, digital publishing, digital content dissemination tools generally, cloud services, portable computing and student devices, and the deployment of high speed broadband at post-primary level. In relation to curricular reform the new junior cycle in post-primary...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

Alan Shatter: ...the Department has a series of wide ranging ICT procurement exercises underway and is confident that these will reduce its costs in the medium term - it is also engaged in the inter Departmental Cloud Computing group which it anticipates will produce substantial operational savings in the medium to long term. A cross-Departmental and cross-agency ICT Governance Group, which has a remit in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (18 Sep 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: ...in Schools programme must address new policy challenges and opportunities arising from major developments in curricular reform, digital publishing, digital content dissemination tools generally, cloud services, portable computing and student devices, and the deployment of high speed broadband at post-primary level. In relation to curricular reform the new junior cycle in post-primary...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Telecommunications Services Provision (2 Oct 2012)

Pat Rabbitte: ...current demand for digital based business. I envisage that greater use will be made of the MANs in the coming years to provide bigger broadband to more businesses and citizens, as demand increases for online services and cloud computing services. The National Broadband Plan, which I launched on 31st August, aims to build on initiatives such as the MANs by driving further investment in...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (30 Apr 2021)

Gerry Horkan: ...this time that were positive. For example, parent-teacher meetings went online. People did not have to take a day or a half-day off work to do those meetings as they could log onto them from their computers. We need a debate in the future on the benefits and the small silver linings to that awful cloud.

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Report Stage (2 Jul 2013)

Seán Fleming: ...or a mobile phone,".I look forward to hearing the Minister's comments on some of the amendments I have tabled. This amendment follows on from one we discussed on Committee Stage. I asked that cloud computing be included in the definition of "documents". I think I heard the Minister say that information in the cloud was going to be included. I accepted all of this. On Committee Stage...

Written Answers — Innovation Initiatives: Innovation Initiatives (29 Feb 2012)

Seán Sherlock: ...a Big Ideas Showcase in 2012 to focus on securing investment and identifying business partners that will bring new technologies to the next stage of commercialisation. New Technology Centres in Cloud Computing, Learning Technologies and Financial Services will be established and preparatory work will begin on others relevant to the prioritisation exercise mentioned already. EI will also...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (7 Jul 2010)

Batt O'Keeffe: ...in the City West Business Campus. The investment in the facility is part of Microsoft's long-term commitment to the region. This site will be the infrastructural hub for online services and cloud computing across Microsoft. In May of this year, SAP commenced recruitment of 75 additional jobs at its City West facility bringing the employment figure to over 1,000 at the campus. The...

Seanad: Telecommunications Services (22 Nov 2011)

Deirdre Clune: ...centre around the capital, this would provide opportunities for areas outside Dublin. Cork has received some foreign direct investment, but this type of connectivity is needed if we are to develop cloud computing and other such data centres in the area. Initially, the Hibernia Atlantic Express consortium was to provide the link but then the issue came up that the Government might pay for...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Action Plan for Jobs (16 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board Undertaking a range of skills initiatives to address medium to long-term challenges for the sector Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board Leveraging investment in data centers and cloud computing to create distribution and fulfillment opportunities for the digital content industries. Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board 7.14.2 Through Culture Ireland, maximise the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation (7 Mar 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...for investment. Delivering improved connectivity can enhance the growth prospects of small and micro businesses and create opportunities arising on a regional basis, such as, remote working, cloud computing and business efficiencies, all of which serve to diversify the rural economy. High quality telecommunication infrastructure is fundamental to capturing new opportunities for...

Seanad: Electronic Voting: Statements. (11 Feb 2004)

Michael McCarthy: ...However, during thatcontest some areas experienced failures of the system, to which I will refer shortly. It is not wise to ignore the scientific research. There have been comprehensive reports by computer scientists in NUI Maynooth and by experts who have observed the American, British, German andpresumably Dutch systems. It would be anti-democratic for us to end up with a system such as...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: National Broadband Plan (14 May 2019)

Heather Humphreys: ...(AI) Strategy. The roll out of the National Broadband Plan is critical for the use of advanced digital technologies, core to these strategies, such as the Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, and cloud and cognitive computing. Fundamentally, a driving goal of Government policy is to increase the living standards of our people. Increasing productivity levels is a key enabler of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology Issues (5 Nov 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: ...in Schools programme must address new policy challenges and opportunities arising from major developments in curricular reform, digital publishing, digital content dissemination tools generally, cloud services, portable computing and student devices, and the deployment of high speed broadband at post-primary level. In relation to curricular reform the new junior cycle in post-primary...

Written Answers — Action Plan for Jobs: Action Plan for Jobs (19 Jun 2012)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...2012 Irish Film Board Undertaking a range of skills initiatives to address medium to long-term challenges for the sector Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board Leveraging investment in data centres and cloud computing to create distribution and fulfilment opportunities for the digital content industries. Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board 7.14.2 Through Culture Ireland, maximise the business...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Consumer Protection (10 May 2022)

Robert Troy: ...it is fit for the modern digital age and it will also enhance the enforcement powers of the CCPC.  The Bill will modernise Irish law by including new protections for consumers in relation to digital content (audio and video files, computer games etc.) and digital services streaming services, cloud computing, social media etc.). The Bill will also introduce protections against...