It was great to see the Tánaiste visit my home town of Drogheda last week. I notice he visited the Mill Enterprise Centre. This facility is very close to my heart as I have been involved with it for a long number of years in a range of different respects. The Tánaiste will know IDA Ireland recently purchased significant lands in Drogheda. Would it be the preference of the Tánaiste that IDA Ireland, an agency for which the Tánaiste is responsible, would locate data centres on the site? We have one already and speculation is mounting that applications will soon arrive for two additional centres. Would the Tánaiste prefer data centres or other forms of productive and more jobs-rich enterprises to be located on the new IDA Ireland site?

My preference is that the site would be used for jobs-rich investment. That would be an advanced building solution or if somebody wants to establish a factory or a business centre there. That would be the preference given that the previous IDA Ireland site, with which the Deputy is familiar, already accommodates data centres. That would be my preference but I will very much be guided by IDA Ireland in this regard. My understanding is that its intention is that it will be used for an advanced building solution and that will be a jobs-rich investment.