Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and his officials. We will start with subhead A5 on IDA Ireland and commend its people on their work, in particular the team in the field abroad. Those people are doing a fantastic job. I will drill down into some of the specifics on the regional property investment. Three locations are before us, but were other locations considered and not progressed? What were the specific advantages of these three locations over others?

The Minister fleshed out a certain phrase, namely, "securing strategic sites". Is this from a legal point of view, for example, title, or is it from the point of view of investing in site security? The third option is new sites. What will the breakdown in expenditure be between securing strategic sites and upgrading existing IDA Ireland business parks?

Of the grants to industry, how much has been repaid this year by client companies that did not reach their targets or fulfil their agreements?

The international media's response to the events of the past week regarding Pfizer and Allergan has been negative and uneducated. Have IDA Ireland's feelers detected any negative reaction?