Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I will see if I can get that number for the Deputy. I am not sure if I am supposed to give out information on the areas in respect of which the IDA has received inquiries, the number of inquiries and the number of visits, but I will give the Deputy any information on the issue that I can. I will correspond with him in that regard. He and I discuss the site constantly. We must try to find a way to move it forward. Regardless of whether it becomes a site for multiple companies to develop on or just one large player, it is a large site at 68 ha. If it were to be filled by a single large investment, it would need to be an enormous investment. We thought that was going to happen, of course. Unfortunately, it did not.

A portion of the site has been used for the interconnector with France, the related grid management system and so on. All of that is useful, but this is a site in a perfect location that is well served. It would be significantly helpful if we could get the road upgrade that was committed to. In budgetary terms, it seems that will not happen this year, but we need to work on bringing investment forward on the N25 generally as soon as we can.

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