Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy is welcome to examine IDA Ireland's strategy and talk to IDA Ireland officials as well. They have been successful in targeting, for example, emerging companies that are making their first move, particularly from the US, to a European base and attracting these high-growth companies. Where we have a win such as Uber in Limerick, a high-growth company expanding rapidly, those wins can be significant. To get such companies into a region sets the region up not only for that project, but it is also a reference sale on which we can build.

I do not deny this is an ambitious programme but we are putting in place solid actions for this year on which we will build in the effort to deliver these projects. I welcome the Deputy's support for it. We can do better if we get all the actors in the regions working to these common goals and that is what I intend to do.

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