Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I said earlier that many companies looking at Ireland for potential investment do much of the research themselves. They have looked at the different areas and they want to see what suits them best. I assure the Deputy that IDA Ireland is doing everything it can to get investors into the regions. It has a target of between 30% and 40% of all investment being in the regions.

I am very conscious of the Border region, as I mentioned. I recently met with personnel dealing with Cavan, Monaghan, Louth and Meath, in the north-east region of our regional action plan. I intend to meet personnel from Donegal, Sligo and Leitrim in the coming weeks to see how we can work together. Officials from my Department, IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland attended the meeting and I intend to do the same with the upcoming meeting very shortly.

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