John Halligan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have spoken on several occasions about what I perceive to be woeful neglect on the part of IDA Ireland in replacing hundreds of jobs lost in recent years, particularly in the manufacturing sector, and its failure to introduce employment investment, especially in the south east. It has been brought to my attention, from within IDA Ireland, that the organisation is wasting millions of euro of taxpayers' money in order to lease empty buildings throughout the country each year. I was brought to a cluster unit in Waterford-----

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