Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I hear the demands and I hear the call for increased investment in Drogheda and more good job opportunities in the town in addition to the ones that are there already. That is why IDA Ireland has secured that 40-acre site. We need to get it serviced and get it ready and promote it to potential investors. These things can have a long pipeline. IDA Ireland bought that site because it and Government believe this is a really good town to invest in as a result of the quality of people who live there but due to its location relatively close to Dublin and Dublin Airport and on the Belfast-Dublin corridor. We have seen some very big investments in Dundalk in recent years and we would like to see something of that scale on the new site in Drogheda. I am certainly working towards that. We will work with the Deputy on it as well.

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