Emer Higgins (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Absolutely we will. I appreciate what he is saying, that up until now it has been the Cavan or Monaghan local authority that has been buying sites and developing those services. To reiterate, now that we have the smart regions scheme, it is there to support that dynamic of industry, academia and enterprise. Stream 1 of that is designed to support the major local investment and capital investment projects. It is something worth looking at, especially if there may be IDA land in the area where a partnership could potentially be done through Enterprise Ireland. The enterprise hubs are very much an Enterprise Ireland initiative whereas the workspaces - I know there have been many remote working hubs set up in the Deputy’s constituency - are something for which my colleague, the Minister, Deputy Humphreys, has provided funding from the perspective of the Department of Rural and Community Development.

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