Tom Neville (Limerick County, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is more to communicate back to IDA Ireland. Whether or not IDA Ireland is aware of this, it was given the parameters and the criteria for the different regions and how they are approved from the advanced capital works. Another point I would communicate back is in relation to space. As we are moving towards 5G technology in the mobile market - in the mobile companies, IT companies, IT infrastructure companies and IT network companies that are here - and the discussion around automated driving over the next three-to-five years and other highly complex decision-making processes done by technology, we should look at space because that will be an increasing part of the criteria.

Considerable space will be needed in business parks for data centres. If we are to attract the huge data centres that will be used to make the decisions, particularly under 5G technology, and mobile-type companies and mobile technology, given all the multinationals that are here already, space must be part of the cog. That needs to be communicated also. More space than was needed before will be required to attract these data centres.