Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 12 February 2015

Public Accounts Committee

2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
IDA Ireland - Financial Statement 2013
Enterprise Ireland - Financial Statement 2013

10:00 am

Mr. Kevin Sherry:

Enterprise Ireland does not have an office in Taiwan. It has three offices in China in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong. The office in Hong Kong has responsibility for Taiwan and we have what we term a "pathfinder" in that market, which is also the case with many other markets. Pathfinders are individuals who operate in a private capacity and who provide services, as required, to clients of Enterprise Ireland. The scale of the exports and client demand and interests involved would not warrant us having a office in Taiwan.