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

There is about 74% occupancy in the hubs at the minute. The strategy will look at how we can strengthen the hubs and maybe how they can get further occupancy. Some of them will need money to keep them running and I want to support them in that too. We have the infrastructure. We need to make sure we maximise their use and use them as effectively as possible for the benefit of communities. We are liaising with Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. We work closely with Grow Remote. Remote working hubs have turned into landing spaces for companies that want to set up in Ireland. I have one really good example, which is a remote working hub in Cavan. PublicRelay is a US company. I met it a long time ago when I was in New York. It decided to locate to Ireland. Some of its staff are working in the remote working hub in Cavan and others are working in Dublin. There are 25 jobs in Cavan from that foreign direct investment, which is a lot of jobs. We can look forward to more opportunities in the hubs across the country, which will bring that vibrancy and life back into rural Ireland.

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