Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 9 November 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Current Issues Affecting Trade in Ireland: Enterprise Ireland

Mr. Leo Clancy:

I am aware of the data centre the Deputy is referring to. There are companies that offer international services, but they are important export businesses in themselves. We do not want to exclude businesses. However, this support is not targeted at data centres. The fact these companies are not excluded does not mean we deliberately left them in. The key point I made earlier is that the exclusions on this scheme are ones we have in respect of our standard supports, and that is the approach we took. As Mr. Leahy said, that simplifies the process of creating a scheme that was created in response to an emergency requirement.

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