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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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Information and Communications Technology Skills: Discussion with Ministers (27 Nov 2012)

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...

Information Technology (12 Jul 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: We welcome the promotion of cloud computing. It has the potential to make savings for businesses throughout the State. Businesses will connect to the cloud through broadband, and we are concerned that at present the State has three broadband speeds, namely, fast, medium and none. We have fallen to 57th place internationally with regard to broadband speeds. The movement towards cloud...

Written Answers — Small and Medium Enterprises: Small and Medium Enterprises (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 13: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of small and medium enterprises that he hopes to target with the recently released guidelines on cloud computing, entitled, SWiFT 10: Adopting the Cloud – decision support for Cloud computing. [27307/12]

Written Answers — Information Technology: Information Technology (7 Jun 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 44: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the steps he has taken to ensure that small and medium enterprises across rural Ireland can benefit from cloud computing. [27308/12]

Written Answers — Job Creation: Job Creation (26 Apr 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: Question 37: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of additional jobs targeted for creation in the fields of cloud computing, electronic gaming, financial services, construction and retail over the next three years. [20888/12]

Written Answers — Telecommunications Services: Telecommunications Services (7 Mar 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...Resources the geographic gaps in which small and medium enterprises cannot properly access broadband; and if he will identify the way that this will affect these SMEs' ability to engage with cloud computing. [11313/12]

Action Plan for Jobs 2012: Statements (16 Feb 2012)

Peadar Tóibín: ...? The Minister has guessed it - a big fat zero. I am pleased this Government has recognised the need to invest in and support new industries and to provide support for research and development, cloud computing and the gaming industry. However, even in the mid to long term, that potential for job creation pales into insignificance when one considers that 1,300 people leave our shores...

Cloud Computing (22 Nov 2011)

Peadar Tóibín: Cloud computing is based on the power of the networks in this State. Ireland is 79th in the world, or 24th out of the EU, for upload speeds and we are 49th in the world, or 23rd in the EU, for download speeds. It is estimated that an investment of €2.5 billion will be needed to bring our broadband services to the top of the table. Without this level of investment, the Minister of State's...