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Seanad: Restoration of Oireachtas Library and Reading Room: Motion (28 Nov 2023)

Michael McDowell: Apart from the scandalous cost involved in it, of over €5 million, I have to say that the whole project has been clouded in mystery and almost the subject of deception. The affected members of staff of the Oireachtas, the Library staff, were told that the Members were in favour of this project. As Members in this House will know, I wrote out to all the Members of both Houses of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality: General Scheme of the Criminal Justice (Protection, Preservation of and Access to Data on Information Systems) Bill 2024: Discussion (5 Mar 2024)

...production orders required by the Budapest Convention. They are addressed in heads 5 and 6 of the scheme. There are already statutory provisions to provide for access to records held on paper or computers. These existing procedures include search warrants and other court orders to make material available or orders to produce documents or provide information. These mechanisms are not...

Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Catherine Noone: ...scheme and the back to education allowance programme. What is not in dispute is that the uphill battle against the scourge of youth unemployment remains. In light of this today's announcement that Cloud computing firm Citrix is to create 50 new jobs in Dublin following unprecedented customer demand is timely. The importance of training young people in the new wave technology cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Gender Balance (4 Dec 2018)

Heather Humphreys: ...for Female Entrepreneurs or female-led start-ups, active in the Manufacturing & Internationally Traded Services sectors including the following subsectors: Internet, Games, Apps, Mobile, SaaS, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Lifesciences, Food, Cleantech and Industrial Products. The establishment of this programme has resulted in a spill-over effect with increased female...

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

Heather Humphreys: ...Survey of Irish Economy Expenditure 26 April 2016 Meeting between Google and officials on copyright issues 1 June 2016 Minister Mitchell O Connor meeting Senior Microsoft Executives to discuss Company development, Cloud Computing, US Developments & Data Centres 15 September 2016 Meeting between Apple and Minister Mitchell O'Connor to discuss the proposed extension of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Industrial Policy Priorities, including Vaccine Production and Digital Transformation: Discussion with Commissioner Thierry Breton (20 Apr 2021)

...a space-based connectivity project to allow all of Europe to have access to broadband Internet; microelectronics, where we want to be able to design and produce the most powerful and resource-efficient processors in the EU; cloud technology, where we must develop European alternatives to hyper-scalers to store and process the most sensitive data; and finally high-performance computers,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection: Youth Guarantee: Discussion (6 Nov 2013)

.... I have direct experience of this. Every business course at third level has an element of enterprise, innovation or entrepreneurship but many of the incubator centres and innovation units in the State relate to medical devices, cloud computing and energy engineering. However, within science and engineering programmes, there is a lack of taught entrepreneurship and, therefore,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: EU Cybersecurity Strategy: Discussion (3 Nov 2021)

...to fight regardless of how many measures you are taking in your own company or administration because they come from someone else in the supply chain, will multiply by four this year and attacks on cloud infrastructure have increased fivefold in one year. You have seen also the increase of ransomware attacks. Some studies state that they have increased by 60%. Others give a higher...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Engagement with Chairman Designate of the National Standards Authority of Ireland (2 Jul 2013)

...in our daily lives and businesses from the toys with which our children play and the accuracy of measures developed for fuel pumps on garage forecourts to decisions supporting the adoption of cloud computing and the chairs we are sitting in. Standards are all around us. At its highest level, the purpose is to provide a dynamic organisation using measures and standards to benefit society...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (27 Sep 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Willie O'Dea: ...it is not working. The UK is experiencing exactly the same credit problems for businesses as are experienced here. There is much we can do with regard to innovation in areas such as digital games, cloud computing and life sciences. The Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, has pointed out to us on many occasions that programmes exist which trundle along but there now needs to be a...

Seanad: Consumer Rights Bill 2022 - Second Stage (11 Oct 2022)

Dara Calleary: ...expected and agreed, for example, legal services or building services. The Consumer Rights Bill closes that gap. It also includes new protections for consumers in regard to digital content such as audio and video files, computer games and digital services such as streaming services, cloud computing and social media. These new digital rights include the right to a full refund, exchange...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Female Entrepreneurship, Women in Tech Industries, Skills Needs and Balanced Regional Development: (Resumed) ISME, Startup Ireland, Cork Innovates and IDA Ireland (10 Feb 2015)

...on this forum. With companies relying increasingly on technology for a broad spectrum of functions from solving business problems to understanding consumer behaviour through analytics, big data, social media and cloud computing, new opportunities are being created for companies and, with them, exciting career opportunities for women. We need to show girls that much of computing is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Communications, Climate Action and Environment: National Broadband Plan: Discussion (Resumed) (13 Jun 2019)

...revenue. Its costs are reduced because of a decrease in the cost of marketing, for example. A company that might have engaged in mail drops can now do everything electronically. There can be savings made in the area of IT through cloud computing. We expect an improvement in gross value added of approximately €1,200. As I said, 147,000 white collar workers work outside the...

Jobs Initiative 2011: Statements (Resumed) (12 May 2011)

Pat Rabbitte: ...Fund for its friends in Anglo Irish Bank and Irish Nationwide. These measure do not go far enough, according to Fianna Fáil. A spokesman for Fianna Fáil was asked what would the party do. Cloud computing was his answer. Cloud cuckoo land is more like it. It would be a small mercy if Fianna Fáil members restricted themselves to talking about something they know - like corporate...

Seanad: Future of Further Education and Training: Statements (20 Feb 2013)

Feargal Quinn: ...member. We had a visit from the Open Ireland. The main speaker was Sean O'Sullivan, a fascinating man I had not met before. He set up a business in Cork and was one of the inventors of the term "cloud computing" some years ago. He was one of the "Dragons' Den" people. His main point was that the jobs that will exist in ten years' time do not exist now. Therefore, the question is how...

Tourism Industry: Motion (Resumed) (23 Jun 2010)

Eamon Gilmore: ...by small businesses and entrepreneurs. One point often missed in high-flown lip-service paid to the smart economy is that a smarter economy has to stretch from the grassroots up as well as from cloud computing down. The Labour Party's policy blueprint highlights several ways in which we can improve the delivery and marketing of our tourism product through mobile applications, better...

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (18 Jul 2012)

Richard Bruton: ...with client companies in the South East Region. Building on the potential in the Cleantech & Lifesciences sectors for the Region. Continuing to pursue opportunities for Waterford in the areas of Cloud computing, e-games, international and financial services, e-commerce and other content businesses, building in particular on the evaluation and research strengths in the Region. In relation...

European Council: Statements (6 Nov 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...need to maximise this potential. As I said to the House prior to the meeting of the European Council, the reality is that most new jobs are created by fast-growing young firms in sectors such as cloud computing. With over a quarter of digital sector employers across Europe finding it difficult to fill vacancies, there is clearly more we can and need to do in aligning our education and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Third Level Sector: Discussion with Waterford IT and IT Carlow (18 Jun 2013)

...these micro-industries. In many cases, we have worked with companies to redesign their products and services in line with new technologies and business opportunities, for instance, companies wanting to move into cloud computing. The demand for support in the SME sector is evidenced by the fact that WIT has completed more than 240 EI supported innovation voucher projects with SMEs. The...