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Digital Hub dissolution Bill

Summary

Deputy Ó Snodaigh asked about the promised dissolution Bill for the Digital Hub and its merger with Dublin City Council. Deputy Donohoe said the heads would be drafted in quarter three and remarked on the Digital Hub's continued success.

During the term of the last Government - I know that Deputy Donohoe is not responsible for the last Government as such, but he was a member of it - a move was made to get rid of some so-called quangos or agencies. One of those agencies was the Digital Hub in Dublin, which was to be subsumed into Dublin City Council. Legislation which was promised at the time and is still promised, namely the Digital Hub development agency (dissolution) Bill, was to dissolve the Digital Hub and give effect to its merger with Dublin City Council. The description in the Government's legislative programme is "Work is underway", which I have never seen before. How long is that work going to take, given that the legislation is already five years in gestation?

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It is nice to hear the Deputy express the view that I am not responsible for the last Government; it is a view not often articulated by his party colleagues. In response to his question, I understand that the heads of that Bill will be drafted in quarter three of this year, after which the Bill will be available. I was in the Digital Hub at the end of last week and saw at first hand how successful it is and how valuable its presence is in the Deputy's constituency. It appears to be doing exceptionally well at the moment. I also saw the new accommodation at the back of the Digital Hub which indicates to me that the right way to manage it is via integration with Dublin City Council.

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