Written answers
Tuesday, 20 March 2018
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
IDA Ireland Site Visits
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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401. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by IDA Ireland in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past three years; and the number of these visits that were to locations in the two county towns and other areas of the counties, respectively in tabular form. [12678/18]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland continues to highlight the benefits of expanding or locating in all of our regions, including in counties Cavan and Mongahan.
Site visits do represent an important tool through which investors can be encouraged to invest in regional areas and the IDA always does its utmost to ensure that overseas firms consider all potential locations when visiting Ireland. It is important to remember, however, that the final decision as to where to invest always rests with the company concerned. It is also the case that site visit activity does not necessarily reflect investment potential, as at least 70% of all new FDI comes from existing IDA Ireland client companies.
The IDA collates data on site visits on a countywide basis only. The following table sets out details on the number of IDA Ireland site visits to Counties Cavan and Monaghan between 2015-2017:
2015 | 2016 | 2017 | |
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CAVAN | 0 | 2 | 2 |
MONAGHAN | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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402. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland visits of prospective clients to each county in each of the years 2013 to 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12679/18]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The IDA remains committed to increasing foreign direct investment (FDI) in every region of Ireland by 30% to 40% by the end of the Agency's current strategy in 2019. Progress is being made towards that target, with half of all jobs created in the first three years of that strategy based outside of Dublin.
IDA Ireland continues to highlight the benefits of expanding or locating in the regions to its client base and it makes every effort to ensure that FDI is spread as widely as possible across the country. It is important to remember, however, that the final decision as to where to invest always rests with the company concerned. It is also the case that site visit activity does not necessarily reflect investment potential, as at least 70% of all new FDI comes from existing IDA Ireland client companies.
Site visits nevertheless do represent an important tool through which investors can be encouraged to invest in regional areas and the IDA always does its utmost to ensure that investors consider all potential locations when visiting Ireland.
The following table outlines IDA Ireland site visits by county from 2013 to 2017:
County | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
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Dublin | 180 | 205 | 242 | 284 | 327 |
Kildare | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 10 |
Meath | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 3 |
Wicklow | 1 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
Laois | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Longford | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 |
Offaly | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
Westmeath | 9 | 12 | 28 | 36 | 42 |
Clare | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 22 |
Limerick | 23 | 22 | 40 | 49 | 42 |
Tipperary | 4 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 8 |
Cavan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Louth | 4 | 10 | 20 | 24 | 22 |
Monaghan | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Donegal | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 |
Leitrim | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
Sligo | 10 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 18 |
Carlow | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 |
Kilkenny | 3 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 6 |
Waterford | 14 | 11 | 31 | 17 | 11 |
Wexford | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
Cork | 31 | 30 | 48 | 49 | 51 |
Kerry | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Galway | 15 | 19 | 41 | 42 | 62 |
Mayo | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
Roscommon | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Total | 326 | 359 | 565 | 638 | 682 |
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