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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Supporting a Just Transition: Discussion (13 Nov 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: ...other questions, which are related. With regard to policy around data centres, I am aware there are energy guzzlers. Does the Department have any green energy requirements for data centres that IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland or whoever might support? This is aside from the commitments to green energy for data centres and declarations made publicly by some of the tech companies. Is...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (22 Oct 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: ...the significance of Shannon Airport. A few years ago, it benefited from a major package from the Government of which we in Knock were, if truth be told, quite envious. It was a €100 million debt write-off when IDA Ireland properties merged. Let Fianna Fáil go on the record with a firm commitment to Knock Airport and let its members support and welcome all the investment and...

Seanad: An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (6 Mar 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: ...identified by the chair, Mr. Gerard Kilcommins, at the launch was that we need to achieve more of a regional spread. We want FDI and industry. One of the key messages from a meeting I had with IDA Ireland on Monday last is that something we definitely offer in the west region is quality of life and a cheaper cost of living, which has to be attractive for young people who want to work and...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Foreign Direct Investment (19 Feb 2019)

Michelle Mulherin: ...the chair of the regional steering committee has said. The Minister may not be able to give me an answer today but I ask her to have a serious look at a site for the construction of a building. IDA Ireland is supportive of this and the local enterprise office can also see its benefits There is a field but there is no substitute for seeing a building and this would really put us on the map.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Examination of the Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly (Resumed) (19 Dec 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: ...and in meeting heating targets. With regard to the region, it is required for the development of a data centre for which there is planning permission. It has been identified by the county council, the IDA and everybody involved as being of strategic importance but the project is in danger of falling flat on its back-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action: Third Report of the Citizens' Assembly: Discussion (Resumed) (18 Oct 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: ...plans for jobs to ensure there is more job creation in these areas, what specifically is the Department doing? There are regular parliamentary questions on how many visits there have been by the IDA with a potential investor into counties such as Mayo or Roscommon, which have some FDI. There has been growth in FDI but it is in the companies that are already there and which have been...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Action Plan for Jobs (2 May 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: I tabled this Commencement matter because I am asking for more investment in job creation in north and east Mayo. I want to ensure the State agencies responsible for job creation and investment, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and to a lesser extent the local enterprise office, are doing their job in this particular area. My focus is on this area as opposed to Mayo as a whole. The last...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Action Plan for Jobs (2 May 2018)

Michelle Mulherin: ...us, namely, the transatlantic fibre-optic cable, high-speed, state-of-the-art technology, planning permission for a data centre, a renewable power station and a technology park. Can he tell me why IDA Ireland is doing nothing with the technology park in Ballina? It has been there since I was on the town council and the council did everything to facilitate the acquisition and servicing of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Inland Fisheries Stocks (16 Nov 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: ...The report, which was worked on by Professor Tom Collins from Maynooth, the former Secretary General of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Mr. John Malone, and Mr. Padraic White of the IDA, called for a model to be devised for the distribution of surplus on a regional and national basis that would involve stakeholders like the tourism sector, fish processors, Government...

Seanad: Order of Business (5 Jul 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: ...Innovation look at the development of data centres at the former Asahi site and Knock Airport? Will she also ensure all Government agencies are moving in that direction, be it the county council, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland and the Western Development Commission, in dealing with that particular task?

Seanad: Delivering Sustainable Full Employment: Statements (Resumed) (30 Jun 2016)

Michelle Mulherin: ...that have been supported, and more that can come, but they cannot do it without that funding. It does not mean anything to the ordinary small business that money is being given to Enterprise Ireland and to IDA Ireland. This is a very real way to see benefits on the ground and to fulfil our ambition - and the Minister's ambition - to achieve more economic activity and growth in the...

Topical Issues Debate: Job Protection (11 Mar 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ...how the company works and have the wherewithal to forge ahead and ensure its growth as a leading Irish company. Every other day, I hear the Minister, Deputy Richard Bruton, his Cabinet colleagues, IDA Ireland and other Government agencies reminding us how difficult it is to get jobs into the west. Job creation is mainly taking place in the major centres of population, a fact that is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: Electricity Generation and Export: Discussion (18 Feb 2014)

Michelle Mulherin: ..., in terms of how this will be done. The delegates from Element Power will be bankrolling the projects they have discussed. Are they talking to local manufacturing companies? Is it all tied up with IDA Ireland and how far have those discussions progressed? We cannot make false promises to people. The reality is there are limited opportunities in direct employment from wind farms. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht: 2013 Allocations for Public Expenditure
Vote 33 - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (13 Nov 2012)

Michelle Mulherin: ...have a question for the Minister of State, Deputy McGinley. If part of a proposed business or operation was in an Údarás na Gaeltachta area, would a joint venture between the údarás and the IDA or Enterprise Ireland be possible whereby they could work co-operatively to deliver to an area larger than the údarás area?