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Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation

Digital Hub future

Summary

Aengus Ó Snodaigh argues the Digital Hub has been valuable for enterprise and community links and asks what will happen to it after transfer to the Land Development Agency. The Tánaiste praises its work and promises to get an accurate answer from the relevant Minister.

A long time ago, the Digital Hub was set up in Dublin. It has been shown over those years to be a hub to attract a lot of small businesses, incubator units, etc., that operate in the digital field. It has also linked in with the community and has quite good links in terms of teaching children and helping children in a deprived area to get to grips with computers and create jobs for them in the future. Over the years, different Governments have said that they were going to close it down, shift it or whatever. The last iteration of that was that it was transferred to the Land Development Agency. Before that, it was to be transferred to Dublin City Council. Where exactly does the Digital Hub lie at this stage? Will it be wound up, will it be transferred away from the Land Development Agency or will it be transferred to Dublin City Council because there is a doubt in the community about it?

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Simon Harris The Tánaiste Fine Gael

I thank Deputy Ó Snodaigh. I myself visited the Digital Hub in recent years and I am aware of the excellent work it does in the community in the city and the positive impact it has had on job creation over a long number of years. I will get the Deputy an accurate answer to the question as to where its future lies in terms of the various organisations involved and I will ask the relevant Minister to come back to him directly.

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