Tom Fleming (Kerry South, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for his response. However, the statistics demonstrate that Kerry is the poor relation in the south-west region in regard to job creation by both Enterprise Ireland and the IDA in particular. The IDA created almost 4,000 jobs in Cork in 2011 and 2012. In those two years, the IDA created just 163 jobs in County Kerry in 2011 and 74 jobs in 2012, a total of 237 jobs. In those two years, Enterprise Ireland created almost 2,000 jobs in Cork in 2011 and 1,700 jobs in 2012. In comparison, it created 232 jobs in County Kerry in 2011 and 194 jobs in 2012. This is a ludicrous position for a peripheral county in comparison to the neighbouring counties in the region. How does the Minister of State intend to address this.

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