Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 December 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Foreign Direct Investment and Jobs Growth: Discussion

5:00 pm

Mr. Martin Shanahan:

The Minister has covered the question that was directed to her. I fully understand the frustration expressed by Deputy Eugene Murphy. I am trying desperately to put jobs into east Galway. The €850 million data centre is a case in point. It would be going to Athenry if planning was in place. It is not the case that we are ignoring certain locations. There are challenges in this regard, as I said earlier. I would respond to the Deputy's point about the local authorities' willingness to work by emphasising that we are willing to work with the local authorities, the chambers of commerce and anyone else who is in a position to help us to win jobs in a region. We need to build the case for every region so we can go out and market it.

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