John Perry (Sligo-North Leitrim, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

----- included, in Louth, PayPal and eBay; in Mayo, Allergan and the Lafferty Group; in Sligo, Abbott; in Galway, EA Games, Mylan and Cisco; and in Donegal, Abbott Ireland and Seatem. The Deputy is talking about getting regional development and getting people into the regions. Dublin and other large populated areas do not qualify for any of this assistance so we have that advantage. We can still get up to 30% for small companies and 10% for larger companies, which was taken off the table meaning that the west would not have been entitled to any aid if the Minister, Deputy Bruton, had not fought for it to be included. People see regional aid as money; it is only the guidelines to qualify for funds. Ireland has done very well to secure the deal we did during our Presidency.

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