David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Minister will be very aware of the IDA Ireland site in Ballyadam in Carrigtwohill, which is known as the former Amgen site. It has been lying idle now for the last 17 years.

It is probably one of the best resourced and serviced sites in the country, with a motorway on one side, a rail line on the other, and Cork Airport, the Port of Cork, plenty of third level institutions, employment and so on nearby. It has been lying idle for 17 years. Why is it not being developed? How many site visits have there been in the past while?

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