Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, RISE) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Shanahan for his presentation. I want to explore the issue of data centres and what can be described as the leading role of the IDA Ireland in attracting data centres to Ireland. There is a number of items on the IDA Ireland website about data centres, including one which features a quote from Brad Smith, the president of Microsoft, quite prominently, where he talks about the number of data centres in Ireland and says they have helped to “turn Ireland from a small island into a data superpower”. Does Mr. Shanahan think Ireland is a data superpower and what does that mean?