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Seanad: Youth Unemployment: Motion (12 Jun 2013)

Catherine Noone: ...scheme and the back to education allowance programme. What is not in dispute is that the uphill battle against the scourge of youth unemployment remains. In light of this today's announcement that Cloud computing firm Citrix is to create 50 new jobs in Dublin following unprecedented customer demand is timely. The importance of training young people in the new wave technology cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Cloud Computing Issues (11 Jun 2013)

Bernard Durkan: 525. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he envisages cloud computing to become of major, commercial impact in the context of economic recovery and job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27345/13]

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform: Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (5 Jun 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Seán Fleming: I move amendment No 1: In page 13, line 6 after "data" where it secondly occurs to insert the following:"and includes cloud computing storage devices".This amendment is very simple. The section deals with various records and storage facilities. The Minister has often spoken about IT and cloud computing in the Department. I wish to have it confirmed that cloud computing, wherever it is and...

Leaders' Questions (28 May 2013)

Enda Kenny: ...the Garda retains discretion and the authority to take the matter a step further and this is clearly set out in the Act. If one were to believe reports the Minister, Deputy Shatter, drove off in a cloud in the middle of this. Nothing is further from the truth. Does Deputy Adams believe the formal letter from the Office of the Garda Commissioner? It confirms to the Secretary General of...

Other Questions: e-Government and ICT (23 May 2013) See 1 other result from this debate

Brendan Howlin: ...expert input to decisions and actions to improve the impact of ICT and e-government on public service delivery. My Department, in collaboration with the council, has published e-government and cloud computing strategies to support the public service reform plan. The council has met on seven occasions to date. Agendas, minutes and other relevant documentation are published on its...

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2013: Second Stage (22 May 2013)

Seán Fleming: ...Part 10 that is not in any other part, it is impossible to go to page 93 to find a definition of something referred to on page 107. I do not agree with it. The Minister referred to drafting documents in electronic form and the use of computers. Perhaps the Minister can confirm, on Committee Stage, that information held through cloud computing will be captured within this. I ask for...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Transformational Potential of Cloud Computing: Discussion with Microsoft Ireland (7 May 2013) See 8 other results from this debate

...alleviate some of the fear factor. Small steps should be taken. For example, identify areas in which success is demonstrable. Deputy Kyne asked about the types of small business that could use cloud computing. E-mail is a good example. Many small businesses do not buy their own exchange servers. Instead, they use e-mail in the cloud. They log onto a service and pay a subscription....

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Information and Communications Technology Issues (2 May 2013)

Richard Bruton: I propose to take Questions Nos. 106 to 108, inclusive, together. High Performance Computing (HPC) services include the provision and support of high-end compute resources, data analytics, education and training services to industry and higher education institutions. Globally, supercomputers are playing an ever increasing and critically important role in a wide range of computationally...

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...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Creation Issues (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: ...potential for foreign companies to win mobile investment from parent companies and the availability of high skilled personnel to enhance their business proposition; - emerging skills demands around cloud computing, service design, database management, social networks and media, development of e-commerce applications and internet marketing. The Government has brought education and...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Job Trends (23 Apr 2013)

Richard Bruton: ...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, the Green Economy and other areas. More significantly, last year, 12,000 jobs were created in the private sector, particularly in export-oriented sectors...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: State Dental Schemes: Discussion (28 Mar 2013)

Colm Burke: ...in contact with me recently to outline the system being introduced in the United States, which does not necessarily require the presence of a dentist. A dental nurse is in attendance and scanning and cloud computing are used, with the data being transmitted to a centre to be reviewed by qualified dental practitioners, who can then identify which cases need to be followed up. It is about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: European Youth Guarantee and Ireland: Discussion (21 Mar 2013)

Joe O'Reilly: ...– perhaps with FETAC qualifications – is there potential for him or her to pursue a career in the IT sector? Could such young people find a job at the level of programmer or are all of the jobs in cloud computing and at other exalted levels? The payment-by-results approach is interesting, on which I would like some elaboration. I presume the training units and educational...

Criminal Justice (Spent Convictions) Bill 2012 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (14 Mar 2013)

Michael Healy-Rae: ...have made a mistake in his or her younger years - something that is possible for all of us. A person could have been arrested for being drunk and disorderly but this now hangs over him like a dark cloud throughout all the rest of his life. This is unfair. I agree there should be ways and mechanisms for cleaning the slate. An offence committed in youth can have frightening consequences...

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.

Job Creation and Economic Growth: Motion [Private Members] (12 Mar 2013)

Dara Calleary: ...skills needed to fill one of these vacancies. As a result of the decision to cut by 500 the number of people employed in these colleges, fewer courses will be available in areas of growth and jobs potential like cloud computing and pharmaceuticals. Many of the colleges in question will not be in a position to offer such courses this year. The options of those who want to upskill are...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Action Plan for Jobs 2012 and 2013: Discussion with Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (26 Feb 2013)

Peadar Tóibín: ...growth area but it accounts for 4.2% of the working population, which is a very small segment of the economy. I often get frustrated when buzzwords creep into the lexicon of job creation, such as "cloud computing" and "big data". They are seen as a panacea for problems, whereas in fact they are tiny opportunities in the whole scheme of things. All opportunities must be chased...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Cloud Computing (26 Feb 2013)

Bernard Durkan: To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the extent to which he envisages cloud computing to become of major, commercial impact in the context of economic recovery and job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10342/13]

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
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Chapter 10 - Increasing Tax Compliance (21 Feb 2013)

...the Department in respect of social protection cases where there are indicators of economic activity on our files. REAP is our risk evaluation analysis and profiling system. I cannot discuss this matter in technical terms because I do not understand cloud computing but the Revenue and the Department have a cloud and we have placed the data to which I refer in this. Our respective...