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

I would not move on that quickly from the Astellas announcement. The Deputy said he has got similar answers for some years. That is a really significant delivery for Kerry. It is a €330 million advance manufacturing facility for a big global name. It will employ a significant number of people in Kerry and specifically Tralee. That announcement happened in September, which is only a couple of months ago. I take the point, which is a fair one, that when we talk about the number of IDA-backed companies and the number of people employed by those companies in the south west, that sometimes masks the fact that the vast majority of those jobs are in Cork rather than Kerry. Historically, there is a series of reasons that is the case, such as international connectivity, roads, access issues, university presence and so on.

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