Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

To clarify, there are 21 IDA Ireland properties and 85 sites. When we have choice, especially in conjunction with the regional Action Plan for Jobs, it gives IDA Ireland an opportunity to bring FDI to the areas. Clare has had 13 site visits and the mid-west and Limerick had 39, as I mentioned earlier, to the end of the third quarter. I will talk to IDA Ireland. Although I would love to see FDI in every town and village, it will not happen. I do not decide; the companies decide where they want to locate.

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