Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The legislation has gone through. It is about how we can encourage people to do remote working. The best place is in remote working hubs. Employers know that. They are in a safe environment. There is good security. In these remote working hubs, there are good firewalls in place. People can have separate rooms if they need confidentiality. We will have our second ever national hub summit in Tullamore, County Offaly, next Wednesday, 22 November. It follows on from last year's event, which was in Athlone. These are the issues that I think we can discuss at the summit. We will bring businesses, the hub managers and the policymakers from across the hub sector to map out a future strategic direction of the national hub network and, through the work of the interdepartmental steering group for the national hub network initiative, my officials, in conjunction with colleagues from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment are working on the new strategy. Again, it is about everybody working together, and trying to allay fears, because maybe some people are not comfortable and want people in the office. Talking with Grow Remote, it is wonderful at promoting remote working.

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