Results 441-460 of 2,335 for speaker:Tom Neville

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts and Culture Capital Scheme Applications (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: 64. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht when she expects to announce successful applicants under stream 3 of the arts and culture capital scheme which is targeted at small voluntary arts centres; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40529/17]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Creative Ireland Programme (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: 67. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the status of the Creative Ireland Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40528/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects Status (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if safety proposals for Wards Cross in addition to a traffic survey have been presented to Transport Infrastructure Ireland. [40813/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: Following on from Senator Freeman's comments on technology, in the private sector, for any technology that is used, there is always a global or centralised agreement on the way technology is disseminated. I agree with Senator Freeman that it is putting a lot of pressure on teachers and parents to have autonomy on this and to be told to decide what technology to use. It is no disrespect to...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: What I am picking up from the witness is the classic business analyst model under which one gathers the requirements and then produces a technical solution to match them. Is support available to teachers in terms of someone joining the dots?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: I understand that but what I am asking is whether there is a conduit available, a person similar to a business analysis in the private sector, who matches the requirements with the technical specification. To return to my earlier argument, one has a product, architecture and so forth. Teachers will understand the functional analysis with regard to education but not the technology. They may...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: I understand that but is someone available to help them put the solution together?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: Mr. Weir indicated the PDST provides advice and documents. Does someone visit the school and sit down with teachers?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: I assume the service allows teachers to discuss the specific solution for the specific issue at the time, as opposed to taking a blanket approach.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: I understand what Mr. Weir is saying about the procurement process. He stated that schools do not like to be told what to do. Is there a study in this area? The flip side of that argument is that if technology is rolled out across platforms and it is homogenous, the data that can be gathered about behaviour, interactions, etc., would be quite lucrative and useful in determining how we move...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: It related to the integration of data.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs: Cyber Security: Discussion (27 Sep 2017)

Tom Neville: I am wearing two hats. I wear a mental health hat and a children's hat because I sit on that committee. What we are saying all the time is to use analytics to try spot patterns of behaviour. This is still very much in the debate phase. It is more of a philosophical question or issue. If we look at any industry, analytics are being used to try to determine behaviour, patterns and outcomes...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Forestry Grants (3 Oct 2017)

Tom Neville: 461. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made on a forestry reconstitution grant application by a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41545/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Vehicle Testing (3 Oct 2017)

Tom Neville: 520. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41391/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Funding (3 Oct 2017)

Tom Neville: 612. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the final allocation of moneys will be made available to Limerick city and county council in relation to large project work for a group water scheme (details supplied) in County Limerick. [41560/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Sectoral Employment Order (Construction Sector) 2017: Motion (3 Oct 2017)

Tom Neville: I wish to make a brief comment. We should note that the new unemployment figure is down to 6.1%. I urge the Department to continue its work. Obviously, there will be challenges ahead in this regard and in respect of a tightening jobs market. Overall, given where we have come from, it is good to have the unemployment rate down to 6.1%. I realise that when it gets down to 5%, it is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Tom Neville: I also welcome the comments regarding ConnectIreland. I shared some of my experiences of the agency when living in Australia during the height of the economic crisis with the former Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Mitchell O'Connor. It was said that we are going to face the biggest economic crisis in decades. The biggest economic crisis we have had was nine years ago,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Mid-year Review of the 2017 Estimates for Public Services: Vote 32 (3 Oct 2017)

Tom Neville: I echo the sentiments expressed about farm accidents and the provision for safety measures on farms because I represent a rural constituency. Obviously any initiative that can be brought forward to increase farm safety is very welcome. A lot of the solution rests with education and a change of culture. The initial research shows that there are different demographics of farmers and...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Help-To-Buy Scheme (4 Oct 2017)

Tom Neville: 93. To ask the Minister for Finance if the help to buy incentive scheme will be extended to first-time buyers that purchase a second hand house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42068/17]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Pension Provisions (4 Oct 2017)

Tom Neville: 103. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when persons (details supplied) will receive benefits under the Garda spouse and children scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42071/17]