Comments on: To Paraphrase the Tanaiste – “Computrons are for Nerds”

By: Dem computors « The Parish Pump

Dem computors « The Parish Pump — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 17:27:12 +0000

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By: Fin Keegan

Fin Keegan — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:53:36 +0000

3 words: “Fear of Technology”

Look at her words again, Damien, and tell us you don’t see that.

(And she’s like many people here in that fear; but they’re not the talent pool you draw from for Enterprise, Trade and Employment!)

By: Personal Blog — John Keyes – I thought Mary Harney was bad

Personal Blog — John Keyes – I thought Mary Harney was bad — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:43:12 +0000

[...] private sector was authentic. Coughlan espoused the superiority of the pen, when she came out with the following childish and ridiculous response: Given that I have much more to be doing than reading The Irish Times, and for that matter from [...]

By: Cian

Cian — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:13:41 +0000

“Wasn’t my reading of it. She was taking a dig at Google Varadkar and his questions.”

Sure Damien, it was a dig at Varadkar (and at Irish Times too), but within that dig she used computers and the internet as ammo.

By: natrium

natrium — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:51:17 +0000

Not using computors, seems to be the preffered option, for Government and Public service, at the moment.
I, recently asked Meath Co Council,in the course of research, how many people were being housed in Emergency Private Accommodation, in their area, and made it clear that I didn’t require personal or sensitive data, just numbers, and got a reply back,from the SEO saying that due to staff shortages, my question would be addressed, but he didn’t know when ?
I had assumed that it might be on a data base in Navan, but obviously not.
So I guess they have to do a head count, in order to answer my query.
( Computers are obviously a bad way to do business, the idea will never take off )

By: Daniel Sullivan

Daniel Sullivan — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:50:28 +0000

Damien, I don’t think there would be too many who would surprised that your reading of this would be different. I seem to recall you being hugely impressed with meeting Mary Coughlan up close and personal a while back in London wasn’t it?

I’m sure it’s entirely wrong for someone to use the net to source content or make reference to documents in their electronic form in querying the minister who doubtless prefers to read reports in hardback form printed with the best India Ink, with a tasty font. Cos that’s what matters! And it’s an entirely valid put down to suggest that someone spends their time on that computer yokey. Didn’t Dermot Ahern have a go at Alan Shatter for being overly familiar with legislation from other counties a while back? Legislation, huh, why should a TD know anything about that, or doing your own research, checking facts or independent thought sure those aren’t appropriate notions for important thinkers like Mary Coughlan. She has matters to adjudicateon, rather than mere decisions to make. What next if an agriculture spokesperson makes reference to state of farming and weather conditions will we have claims that they do nowt but watch the telly.

What it is important to keep in mind with Mary Coughlan isn’t that she’s incredibly thick, because she isn’t. It’s that she’s ignorant in the most literal meaning of the word and that she prides herself on this. And she’s not alone in this government in that world view.

By: The Bad Ambassador

The Bad Ambassador — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:48:14 +0000

Ah the smart economy – built on the abacus presumably!

By: aman kohli

aman kohli — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 12:44:18 +0000

What’s also worrying is the attitude a minister of state has to answering a question from the opposition: she refused to answer it. This is a democracy right? not some sort of Coughlan/FF dictatorship.

By: Stephen crowley

Stephen crowley — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:34:11 +0000

Yeah, she’s the one that said that if the green party had their way we’d all have ministerial bicycles and laughed at the idea of moving to a less car dependent transport system or alternative sources of energy. She really doesn’t have any foresight. Her and half the gov ministers. i’ve always beleived that the economy we had was due to the people and not ff. Not sure if i really beleive in the smart economy doc. I do beleive in the tiny dent that green jobs can make. I’m a gp hack by the way.

By: Damien Mulley

Damien Mulley — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:21:49 +0000

Wasn’t my reading of it. She was taking a dig at Google Varadkar and his questions.