Results 7,061-7,080 of 12,646 for speaker:Willie O'Dea

SME Sector (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: How much will be guaranteed?

SME Sector (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Yes.

SME Sector (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: What is the total figure for the amount to be guaranteed?

SME Sector (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I heard what the Minister of State said about the last Government but the problem is that businesses starved of credit are worried about what this Government will do for them. Deputy John Perry is in government now and people are looking to the Government to do something to make financial institutions lend some of the capital stuffed into their coffers. The Minister of State said it is...

SME Sector (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: What the Government proposes to do now will be worse than useless.

SME Sector (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: This Government has promised it for a year.

SME Sector (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: People want to know what this Government will do. What will this Government do? Will the Minister of State focus on that?

SME Sector (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: The Government is taking its time.

Cloud Computing (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I welcome the establishment of the technology centre and the implementation group. In the programme for Government, it is stated that the Government will make Ireland the leader in the emerging IT market of cloud computing by promoting its greater use in the public sector. How can that be done when it is fairly widely known that a significant section of the public sector, including those...

Cloud Computing (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: It would be ironic if cloud computing were at the centre of our innovation policy while the Government could not buy cloud computing services. There seems to be a particular problem with CMOD, which is now part of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Cloud Computing (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: There seems to be a particular problem among certain people in the centre for management and organisational development, which used to be part of the Department of Finance but is now in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

Cloud Computing (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: I would be happy to share them.

Credit Guarantee Scheme (22 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: When a decision needs to be taken as to whether a loan will be guaranteed, what sort of person will take the decision? Will it be taken by a bureaucrat in the Department or by somebody in the private sector?

Written Answers — Public Service Appointments: Public Service Appointments (17 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 32: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the number of outstanding applications for public service appointment replacements when the post is deemed necessary; the number that have been deemed necessary to fill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35142/11]

Written Answers — School Refurbishment: School Refurbishment (16 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 33: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the minor works grant payments will issue to schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34785/11]

Written Answers — Capital Spending: Capital Spending (16 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 139: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the net impact on jobs of changes agreed for capital spending in his Department and the nature of all studies which he has undertaken on this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35051/11]

Written Answers — Innovation Fund Ireland: Innovation Fund Ireland (16 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 145: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the total spend on Innovation Fund Ireland in each of the years from its foundation to 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35037/11]

Written Answers — Science Foundation Ireland: Science Foundation Ireland (16 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 146: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the numbers of researchers to be supported under the Science Foundation Ireland funding in each of the years 2012 to 2016 under the announced capital funding; the comparable figures for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35038/11]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (15 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 130: To ask the Minister for Finance the proportion of the revenue raised via the pension levy that was used for job creation as promised in the jobs initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28851/11]

Written Answers — Competition Law: Competition Law (15 Nov 2011)

Willie O'Dea: Question 248: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the maximum fine levied on a single business or person for breaching the Competition Act 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34658/11]