Pat Breen (Clare, Fine Gael)

The question is appropriate to a Member from Clare given that Ennis was the first information age town, although the Minister, Deputy O'Donoghue, may not like this as Ennis beat Killarney to the record. Ennis was the first information age town and every home in Ennis received a PC and instructions on how to use them. Has the Government surveyed or does it propose to survey the benefits of PCs for towns such as Ennis? Ennis has become a kind of dormitory town but not many new IT industries have set up there despite it having the advantage of being the first information age town.

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