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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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: ICT Skills Report: Discussion (19 Feb 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

...Association Skillnet - when seeking to fill entry-level positions. It was looking for two aspects in terms of entry into the programme: a person's attitude, and his or her ability to use a computer in a very basic sense. Out of that it got many programming specialists, some within its cloud computing services - about 100 people. That was a specific programme developed with local...

Magdalen Laundries: Motion [Private Members] (12 Feb 2013)

Kathleen Lynch: ...2003 to outline the simple and reasonable requests of those people. A great deal could have been done to improve their circumstances. These were straightforward matters such as the extension of a free-phone helpline to the United Kingdom, updates in the form of a newsletter, the provision of a fax and computer, the right to choose one's own counsellor or therapist given the somewhat...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): G8 Summit (12 Feb 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...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. When the G8 informs us that in the next five years, an extra 3 billion people will have access to...

Public Accounts Committee: Enterprise Ireland - Annual Report and Financial Statement 2011 (31 Jan 2013)

...of the second call of the innovation fund for Ireland, the development capital funds, support for a record number of high-potential start-ups, the establishment of technology centres such as in cloud computing and support for more than 200 significant company projects involving investments of more than €500,000. Enterprise Ireland delivered in full and on time the vast majority of...

Topical Issue Debate: Labour Activation Projects (30 Jan 2013)

Tom Hayes: ...positive results, with over 50% of finishers securing paid employment. I was delighted that a company based in my constituency secured the contract to deliver a software development programme and cloud computing training programme. Future People, based in Cashel, is an excellent example of a company that is retraining people. However, several of my constituents who are interested in...

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...

Further Education and Training: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Jan 2013) See 2 other results from this debate

Micheál Martin: .... It is not just about increasing class size but also removing specialist teachers in a variety of courses. The sector is synonymous with innovation and diversity, with courses ranging from cloud computing to animal husbandry, music management to dance, as well as animation so celebrated in Hollywood with the success of Ballyfermot Senior College. All of these courses require...

Further Education and Training: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jan 2013)

Seán Sherlock: ...effect until September, the VECs have the opportunity to plan how best to deal with a slightly reduced allocation. I know there has been concern that the most innovative courses, particularly in cloud computing, veterinary nursing and computer programming, are at risk. We acknowledge this. However, that is the challenge every principal of a college of further education will have to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Action Plan for Jobs (16 Jan 2013)

Ciarán Cannon: ...200 schools Q3 2012 DCENR / DES / HEAnet Roll out programme to connect all schools by end 2014 Ongoing to end 2014 DCENR / DES / HEAnet 7.6.6 Ensure that ICT Skills Action Plan incorporates needs associated with development of Cloud Computing in Ireland Q4 2012 DES 7.11.1 Implement the actions contained in the International Education Strategy. Continue roll out of the new...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (16 Jan 2013)

Richard Bruton: ...simplification and extension of the Employer’s PRSI Exemption scheme, the launch of a National Broadband Plan, the piloting of a Health Innovation Hub, and work being undertaken to develop sectors such as Cloud Computing, Digital Games, Manufacturing, and the Green Economy. In spite of a very difficult domestic and external economic environment, we are beginning to see the...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Action Plan for Jobs (16 Jan 2013)

Jimmy Deenihan: ...Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board Undertaking a range of skills initiatives to address medium to long-term challenges for the sector Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board Leveraging investment in data centers and cloud computing to create distribution and fulfillment opportunities for the digital content industries. Ongoing 2012 Irish Film Board 7.14.2 Through Culture Ireland, maximise the...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Computerisation Programme (12 Dec 2012)

Ruairi Quinn: ...allocations of €22,663.65 and €24,809.74 in 2010 to the school referred to by the Deputy. The priority under this grant scheme was the equipping of all classrooms with a digital projector, teaching computer and wireless keyboard and mouse. This ICT infrastructure grant schemes is now fully disbursed. There are no plans to introduce a new Infrastructure Grant Scheme in 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Initiatives (11 Dec 2012)

Richard Bruton: ..., the simplification and extension of the Employer’s PRSI Exemption Scheme, the launch of a National Broadband Plan, the piloting of a Health Innovation Hub, and work being undertaken to develop sectors such as Cloud Computing, Digital Games, Manufacturing, and the Green Economy. So far this year, the IDA has announced investments with the potential to create more than 9,000...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Information and Communications Technology Skills: Discussion with Ministers (27 Nov 2012) See 1 other result from this debate

Peadar Tóibín: ...very unevenly distributed throughout the State. In talking about ICT we are ruling out probably 70% of the country because people in those areas do not have broadband to access the miracle words such as cloud computing. Outside the four major cities in this State it will be very hard for any of this to have meaning for the rest of the economy. I applaud the advantages taken for these...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies (27 Nov 2012)

Richard Bruton: ...this country. The Government’s 2012 Action Plan for Jobs identified the ICT sector as having potential for further significant growth in job creation. The Action Plan, with its focus on, amongst other things, cloud computing, digital games, ICT skills enhancement and broadband connectivity enhancement, will play an important role in helping win new international investment and...

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 Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs (22 Nov 2012)

Richard Bruton: ...and extension of the Employer’s PRSI Exemption scheme, the launch of a National Broadband Plan, the piloting of a Health Innovation Hub, and work being undertaken to develop sectors such as Cloud Computing, Digital Games, Manufacturing, and the Green Economy. The Action Plan for Jobs is a rolling plan and part of a multiannual process that builds on the Government’s Jobs...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Compliance (22 Nov 2012)

Michael Noonan: ...Protection meets regularly to oversee joint initiatives in tackling the shadow economy and welfare fraud. Information/data exchanges have been streamlined recently with the introduction of shared (cloud) computing facilities - Unannounced visits to one off housing and self -build sites are a regular feature of Revenue activity across all of the regions. In the course of these visits the...