Seanad debates

Thursday, 17 October 2002

Digital Hub Development Agency Bill, 2002: Second Stage.

 

I welcome the legislation but I am surprised it was not brought forward sooner, and I expressed those comments to the Minister's officials when I met them in the briefing session. My concern stems from the fact that when I was chairman of the Committee of Public Accounts, we had many meetings about the operation of Campus Stadium Ireland Limited. I will not go into the details of those meetings other than to say that it is important to have legislation to put this area on a statutory basis. There has been a significant amount of spending in this area over the past few years, including when MediaLab Europe came on board in conjunction with an arrangement with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and now we have the digital hub.

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