Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I paid tribute to the IDA at the beginning of my contributions because I know it does a tremendous job but I have to ask Mr. Shanahan why the number of site visits are so low in counties such as Roscommon and Leitrim. They are not happening. There has been an IDA park in Roscommon town for donkeys years. I do not see it being promoted. In all of the towns I mentioned, there are lots of units. There is quite good broadband in a lot of the towns so what are the criteria the IDA uses when it is trying to bring foreign direct investment in? Does it go to these people and tell them where in the country it wants to bring them? Surely it must have criteria. If there are criteria, why can investors not be brought to the counties I am referring to in greater numbers?