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1. 22 Meán Fómhair 2026

   34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-22

   Deputy Peter Burke LEEF has a shared island working group dedicated to resolving some of these significant challenges and putting significant capital funding in. However, I concur with the Deputy that we need to make it easier for enterprises to flourish on both sides of the Border and workers will be key. This has been discussed at the LEEF and we are working collectively to formulate a response to the IBEC and Confederation of British Industry, CBI report at the joint business council. I am d

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2. 22 Meán Fómhair 2026

   34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-22

   Deputy Peter Burke I thank both Deputies for their responses. Critically, as I pointed out in my earlier contribution, our report was not a cost-benefit analysis. It was principally about the added economic value that data centres would bring to the economy, or not. We had a gap in evidence in relation to their economic value. We have a body of evidence from the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment, the CRU, EirGrid and the Environmental Protection Authority, EPA, in relation to gr

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3. 22 Meán Fómhair 2026

   34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-22

   Deputy Peter Burke I thank the Deputy for his important contribution. I know he was central to the Capital City report and he wants to see investment. I share that vision with him. Local authorities also need to demonstrate responsibility. Many local authorities have revenue raising powers they do not use. Some actually cut funding and shirk their responsibility. The one key thing is I do not want to see a mechanism of taxation being seen as a soft touch to bring forward a funding stream that c

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4. 22 Meán Fómhair 2026

   34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-22

   Deputy Peter Burke I do not have a timeline because LEEF has not yet considered fully the contents of the report and formulated a response. However, I concur with what the Deputy said regarding the all-island economy and the growth in the value of cross-Border trade to €17 billion. I sense that an opportunity in this regard is being left behind. As a member of LEEF, I know it has been stated previously that taxation issues are causing difficulty in the context of cross-Border work. However, I w

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5. 22 Meán Fómhair 2026

   34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-22

   Deputy Peter Burke IBEC and CBI Northern Ireland's Joint Business Council published the All Island Labour Mobility - Obstacles and Opportunities report in July. The report calls for the establishment of a joint forum to develop a bilateral approach to all-island labour mobility and discusses a range of issues such as taxation arrangements, social security, and mobility for non-Irish or British workers. The Government's Labour Employer Economic Forum, LEEF, which is chaired by the Department of

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