Tommy Broughan (Dublin North East, Labour)

With regard to the five and a half acres, which I understand went to the builders Manor Park Homebuilders Ltd. and P.Elliott & Company, what proportion of the original digital hub area will remain in office and enterprise development? When the Minister and I were last at the hub together, when the Minister was making an announcement, a number of the wonderful young entrepreneurs we met complained bitterly about the lack of capacity. Even with 30,000 square metres, will there be enough capacity for development?

Does the Minister intend to issue any long-term directives regarding the core operation strategy of the hub? The Secretary General of the Department, Mr. Brendan Tuohy, reported to the Committee of Public Accounts before Christmas that Media Lab Europe had refused to give him key information about the operation of the project. Have we since obtained that information? Has the Minister been in contact with Dublin City Council regarding the proposal for an urban wireless hotspot for the entire city, which many other cities have implemented?

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