Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)

In the space of four or five months we had the announcement of Merck Sharp & Dohme for Carlow and two weeks ago, an internationally traded service company, Unum. The idea of having property solutions is very important.

The strategic serviced sites to which I referred are a new development by the IDA in terms of major sites with all the utilities in place and the planning permission secured in advance. The one I referred to was in Oranmore, Galway, which is for a bio-pharmaceutical facility. A similar one is being provided in Louth. Ringaskiddy would have been an existing one that was conceived 20 or 30 years ago. The idea is to have significant land solutions in place in the various regions to attract the more significant bio-pharmaceutical or some of the FAB projects.

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