Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 119: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of offices the Industrial Development Authority has leased or operates from in the Kildare area; if there are none, the base from which Kildare is served; her plans to locate further or new offices in the Kildare area in view of the fact that the unemployment figures for Kildare are so high and are above the national average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7942/09]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) to Ireland and its regions. The marketing of individual areas for new or expansion FDI investments and jobs is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agency. While I may give general policy directives to the Agency, I am precluded under the Industrial Development Acts from giving directives regarding individual undertakings or from giving preference to one area over others.

IDA Ireland has informed me that it markets Kildare, as part of an integrated East Region, which comprises Dublin, Kildare, Meath and Wicklow, from its East Regional Office based in the Agency's Head Office in Wilton Park House Dublin as well as through its network of overseas offices. The opening of a separate IDA office in Kildare is not envisaged at this stage.