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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Telecommunications Infrastructure (22 Sep 2020)

Eamon Ryan: ...our country, socially and economically. High speed connectivity will support a broad range of policy priorities and will allow for : the expansion of remote health monitoring and diagnosis; cloud based services and connected devices; digital learning; smart farming; and realisation of the benefits of e-government. Facilitating remote working and innovation opportunities is...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Official Engagements (30 Apr 2013)

Mary Lou McDonald: ...of 60 million has a huge range of natural resources, yet some 58 million of its people have never had access to communications. That country will move from what might be termed ground zero to cloud computing and cloud access straight away. The scale of the investment there will be enormous.That is what the Taoiseach said on 12 February. He clearly recognised a big investment opportunity...

Topical Issue Debate: School Curriculum (4 Dec 2013)

Simon Harris: I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Sherlock, for being here. While I put down the idea of developing a leaving certificate course in ICT and computer skills, it is really to generate a broader debate about what we are doing in the schools in terms of providing students with the skill sets they need for the modern economy and for functioning in a society that is becoming ever more...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (13 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: .... The new ICT Strategy will address the 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.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Equipment (13 Mar 2013)

Ruairi Quinn: .... The new ICT Strategy will address the 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.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Public Service Reform Plan: Discussion with Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (22 Nov 2012)

...an e-government strategy has been agreed by the Government and published. There has been a great deal of engagement with the industry on that strategy. Third, the Government recently approved a cloud strategy for the future provision of Government services. In essence, that provides a facility for us to consolidate some ICT infrastructure into more single computer centres and single...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (31 Jan 2024)

Simon Coveney: VMWare is a leading virtualisation and cloud computing software and services company, which first established in Ballincollig in 2005, following its acquisition by EMC. In May 2022, VMWare and Broadcom jointly announced that Broadcom would acquire VMWare. As a result of the acquisition, which formally closed on Wednesday 22nd November 2023, Broadcom’s current software division...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Information and Communications Technology (29 Jan 2013)

Joan Burton: The Deputy is correct in saying the Department of Social Protection's systems are separate and, to some degree, in silos. Ultimately, with the development of modern IT and cloud computing systems and other developments, one can envisage a situation where over time they will be brought together. From my experience as a Minister for the past year and three quarters, one has to be very careful...

Other Questions: Research Funding (26 Mar 2015)

Richard Bruton: ...and bioenergy, IT innovation, applied nanotechnology, composite materials, manufacturing research, energy efficiency, international energy research, learning technologies, financial services, cloud computing, data analytics and pharmaceutical manufacturing. It is not a narrow list but includes many areas that offer potential opportunities. We have 12 excellent research centres in...

Employment and National Internship Scheme: Motion (Resumed) (28 Sep 2011)

Joe O'Reilly: ...Deputy Bruton, with his colleagues, the Minister of State, Deputy Perry, and others are currently reviewing the innovation agenda. Some €5 million will be spent on an applied research centre in cloud computing. Cloud computing is hugely important given that, according to recent reports from Microsoft, it has the potential to realise €9.5 billion annually and to employ 8,600 people by...

Leaders' Questions (1 Oct 2014)

Enda Kenny: I want to make the point. I am going to make the point. He applied for a job in a multinational with cloud computing. There were 5,000 applications and less than ten were accepted of which his was one. The point I am going to make to Deputy Martin is one that he will appreciate. He wanted to do his public duty and give service but because the firm does not give him time off, he took ten...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Springboard Programme (4 Nov 2014)

Jan O'Sullivan: ...24 Institute of Technology, Sligo Certificate in Electronic Engineering - Level 8 Level 8 Information/Communications Technology 4 Institute of Technology, Sligo Higher Diploma in Science in Computing (IoT Consortium) Level 8 Information/Communications Technology 1 Institute of Technology, Sligo Level 9 Certificate in Energy Management Level 9 Other 33 Institute of Technology, Sligo...

Seanad: Order of Business (25 May 2010)

David Norris: ...take this message back? A number of new jobs, up to 20 in the coming years, will be created by a Wicklow firm, profitsflow.com, supported by Wicklow County Enterprise Board. With the advent of cloud computing, it makes it a reality for small and medium-sized business throughout Ireland to have access to mobile computing, which is very good. The company has a reseller in the United...

Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)

Enda Kenny: ..."Yes". Deputy Adams left out two important words in the litany of characteristics he mentioned: "creativity" and "imagination". These are inherent to Irish success. In this regard, I refer to cloud computing, data content storage, digital gaming and the agri-food sector. I am sure that the Deputy is well aware of the extent of innovation and research in his constituency. He will be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: EU Scrutiny Reports: Discussion with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (27 Nov 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Ann Phelan: ...people of how to engage with the SEAI process needs to be considered. People ring my office every day asking how to engage. We are spending quite a bit of money on that area. How important is cloud computing to the small to medium-sized enterprise, SME, sector? What progress has been made on an EU legal framework on data retrieval and protection?

Written Answers — Industrial Development: Industrial Development (25 Jan 2012)

Richard Bruton: ...companies are also finding opportunities in emerging sectors which have been identified as holding particular potential for Ireland. These include sectors such as Health and Life sciences, Cloud Computing, Digital and Media Services, Digital Gaming, and the Green Economy. The Government will shortly be publishing its 2012 Action Plan for Jobs which will set out a series of clear...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Cyber Security Policy (25 Apr 2018)

Denis Naughten: ...similar bodies in other jurisdictions to ensure that risks to infrastructure in Ireland are managed appropriately, including the active management of ongoing issues. The NCSC is also home to the national Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT-IE) and is responsible for acting as a conduit for information to constituents (including operators of Critical National Infrastructure,...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Yield (13 Feb 2018)

Paschal Donohoe: ...3 15.2 Sweden 16.4 17.1 16.7 18.7 4.8 2.5 2.4 2.7 11.6 14.7 14.3 16 United Kingdom 113.8 122.2 116.7 119 32.4 17.5 16.6 17 81.5 105 100.1 102.1 In relation to Question 7037-18, regarding the potential growth in cloud computing services as highlighted by the Deputy, MOSS accounts for VAT that is chargeable on business to consumer supplies. VAT on intra-community business to business...

Leaders' Questions (19 Dec 2012)

Micheál Martin: ..., leading to the loss of 200 whole-time equivalent posts. In reality on the ground up to 50 teachers could lose their positions, many of them part-time, in colleges doing specialist courses in cloud computing, horticulture, sound, music, dance and others areas across the board. They are all courses related to progressing young people from unemployment to employment. If the Taoiseach...

Seanad: Programme for Government: Motion (23 Mar 2011) See 1 other result from this debate

Joe O'Toole: ...too much to address in a five-minute slot, I wish to deal with a number of issues which I ask the Minister to take back and consider closely. Shared decision making, dealing with quangos and cloud computing are high profile issues in the programme for Government. Cloud computing is an issue we have discussed here and we are completely supportive. Rather than getting to the next stage...