Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy mentioned County Cork. From the intercounty perspective, there are strong pharmaceutical and ICT sectors in Cork. The Deputy said the IDA had created 163 jobs in 2011 in Kerry. However, it is not the IDA but the companies who come in and conduct site visits who make the final decision as to where they will locate their business. Perhaps we could explore further the dynamic that exists in regard to the number of prospective companies or creators of employment, the number of site visits that take place and the analysis of the visits in terms of the decisions they make as to where to locate their business.

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