Results 41-60 of 62 for speaker:Dee Ryan

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Hospital Overcrowding (12 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: I appreciate the Minister of State coming to the House to give me that information but, with the greatest respect to him and the Minister, I have heard all of this before. I know all of those figures and about all of those initiatives. Other than the extension of the medical assessment unit hours in Ennis and Nenagh, they are not specific to UHL. What is the Minister considering for this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: I thank the witnesses for everything they have given us so far today. It has been very interesting and I am learning a large amount. I want to bring them back a little bit to an earlier discussion for my question. Undoubtedly the work they are doing and the research they are funding are contributing to creating the research ecosystem here and the overall ecosystem here for the development...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: I thank Dr. Seoighe. What are the thoughts of the witnesses on the requirement to build more data centres and improve the data centres we have? What discussions are happening internationally? What are they seeing happening in the field internationally?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: I have another Ladybird question. Globally, where are most of the data centres geographically located?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: There is a pull factor for countries that have greater support for renewable energies.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: There is no escaping the need for this. There is no escaping the requirement for greater investment in data centres as a critical component of being able to continue to deliver and keep pace with modern life.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: The witnesses have reinforced the need we have as a country to address this technology and ensure we prioritise the delivery of renewable energy for all the very good reasons that we know but also to address the huge increase in demand into the future. This is certainly something we will bring to our discussions at other committees. We will talk to our colleagues about accelerating and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: I am concerned about the micro targeting of marketing and the impact this fast-paced development in technology could have on all of those things. It is irrelevant if I disable the cookies on a website I visit or on something I am viewing because I am going to be profiled, served up and constantly bombarded with a particular set of adverts relating to other content I have viewed. Do we need...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: Does Dr. Leavy mean critical thinking?

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: Will we have an opportunity to put a second question to the Minister later?

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: I thank the Minister for his time. I welcome his statement and appreciate that he has given us the time to have this discussion with him and to gain a sense of his broad goals for his term in office. They are wonderful high-level goals and I not disagree with any of them. I particularly welcome his approach to research and innovation and his recognition of the critical importance that this...

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: Yes, it was wonderful.

Committee on Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Engagement with Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science (11 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: I want to raise some queries from an institutional perspective. I know the Minister has been having great engagement around the country with the various stakeholders. I was delighted to welcome the Minister to Limerick and for us to visit the hospitality campus at the ETB centre in Roxborough and the University of Limerick for the launch of its immersive bioscience course. On both...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Harkin, to the Chamber. I ask that speakers be as brief as possible in their contributions because we will need to stop at 3.30 p.m. for the Order of Business. My apologies. It is the impact of the vote in the Dáil. Does Senator Nelson Murray wish to proceed? I apologise; we need to proceed as the Minister of State is here.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Apprenticeship Programmes (17 Jun 2025)

Dee Ryan: I am sorry to have to stop the Minister of State there. We have gone over time, unfortunately.

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (3 Jul 2025)

Dee Ryan: I request that the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage come before the House to outline the policies and procedures that govern how local authorities receive gifts such as buildings or other assets from philanthropists. Too often, generous offers to give back to a town, village or county are met with red tape and a lack of clarity. We need a clear and supportive framework to...

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Dee Ryan: Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir. Anois, Seanadóir Tom Clonan.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Dee Ryan: Apologies, Senator. If that is all, I ask the Minister-----

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Dee Ryan: They are not being withdrawn. I thank the Senator for clarifying.

Seanad: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage (9 Jul 2025)

Dee Ryan: Senator Keogan has clarified it now.