Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)

I agree with everything the Deputy has said. The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Howlin, is engaging on its usefulness for reducing costs in the public sector and there is much concentration on this in the wider public sector. Membership of the group varies from people involved in industry to those in the Department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. We all realise its value and we know who in industry operates in this sphere, for example EMC in my area. There is a strong sense the cloud computing strategy can set new targets for investment in digital media and the Internet when one considers existing opportunities for technology companies and new and emerging areas. We will marry with this the potential for data centres and the consideration of Ireland for potential inward investment for these.

See this speech in context