Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State. That project is very relevant to the discussion on climate change because of the type of monitoring it can do of the activity in space in terms of weather events and how they can impact on our weather. The project will have a very broad benefit on many levels if we can find some way of allowing it to go ahead. I would be critical for the country to have such a piece of infrastructure and the fact that it will be located in County Offaly colours my view entirely on it.