COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE

Monday, January 27, 2020

QUESTION NO. 5

QUESTION: Councillor C. O'Connor

"To ask the CEO to update Members on his efforts to improve the image of Cookstown Industrial Estate; will he appreciate the importance of the Estate in respect of job creation and will he make a statement?"

REPLY:

"Cookstown Industrial Estate continues to be the focus of significant attention from the Economic, Enterprise & Tourism Development Department. A number of local initiatives aimed at improving the condition, investment and employment potential of the area have been progressed under the Dublin Regional Enterprise Strategy and the Dublin Regional Action Plan for Jobs.

The development of a new enterprise/innovation space with associated enterprise support services in the County which was endorsed by the members of the County Council in 2018 is now progressing through to planning and subject to same will progress to construction stage in 2020. The 3,000sq. metre enterprise/innovation facility which will be located on the Tallaght Corridor, i.e., between the ITT ( now TU Dublin, Tallaght Campus) and Tallaght University Hospital is adjacent to Cookstown neighbourhood and will be a significant addition to the area.

This Innovation Centre which will provide flexible space for Start-up and Scale-up companies while also supporting Community Development within the centre, will be an economic development catalyst for Cookstown, Tallaght and South Dublin.

The BSF also includes Microenterprise/Start-up Support which encourages new micro enterprise owners who upgrade an existing vacant premises to avail of a graduated “rates holiday” for up to two years."