Government was ‘happy to support and grow Web Summit’

The Government, Dublin City Council, the RDS, and the body representing the hotel industry have all responsed to claims outlined in correspondences between the Web Summit founder and the Taoiseach’s office.

While refusing to be drawn on claims that the Taoiseach’s office gave a “deliberately misleading” response to the summit’s requests and that “no attempt has been made by the Government” to meet with summit founder Paddy Cosgrave, a spokeswoman said that Government agencies “have been happy to support the Web Summit and help it grow in scale each year”.

“Regarding the documents released today, they are a selection of rather than a full account of contact between the summit and Government and its agencies,” the spokeswoman said.