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Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: IDA Ireland is working hard to ensure that all these regions and sites are available for clients and potential clients. It is important to have the sites available. These are feasible tools to attract companies. In the end, however, it is up to the investors to decide where to put investment in the country. IDA Ireland is operating in a very competitive environment at the moment. That...

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: Every IDA Ireland site is on the radar. Let us consider the positives as well. Charleville is a fantastic dairy hub, especially with the work the Kerry Group is doing there. They make cheese strings there. There is an engineering hub nearby also. Millstreet has Alps Electric and Ballydesmond has Munster Joinery. Some really good companies are based there. Deputy Moynihan is right that...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: I propose to take Questions Nos. 10 and 42 together. I thank Deputy Kelleher and I acknowledge that I am answering the question for Deputy Scanlon. In 2017, IDA Ireland completed an advanced technology building in Sligo as part of its regional property programme. Abbot subsequently took ownership of that facility, thereby deepening its existing investment in the county further. The Deputies...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Portfolio (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: Sligo is where we launched Project Ireland 2040. It is very much a part of our balanced regional development to ensure the north-west region grows. In 2017 some 559 people were employed across 25 Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Leitrim. Sligo is a strong base for foreign direct investment, where 2,184 people are employed by 23 multinational companies. It is important to...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: Creating more jobs in the regions is a priority for IDA Ireland and my Department. The Minister, Deputy Humphreys, and I will focus on doing everything we can in the fairest possible way to spread the investment across the country. The Government is working to ensure a more even distribution of foreign direct investment across the country. Last year, IDA Ireland delivered 99 regional...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: I do not agree with the Deputy. I remind him that 45% of the net 10,000 jobs created by IDA Ireland last year were outside the greater Dublin region.

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: This issue is not all about site visits. While site visits are important, it is also important to nurture the existing companies in this country. I advise the Deputy to look at the number of jobs that have been created by IDA Ireland. I commend the work the agency has done in this area. At least 70% of all new jobs come from existing foreign direct investment companies in this country...

Other Questions: IDA Ireland Data (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: As I have said, the figures for the first quarter of the year can be misleading. I suggest a 12-month period should be studied to get a better picture in respect of site visits. There were ten site visits to the Deputy's home county of Cork in the first three or four months of this year. Site visits take place all year round. It is not the case that there is a certain number of visits...

Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: Site visits represent a useful tool through which investors can be encouraged to invest in areas such as County Cork. IDA Ireland always does its utmost to ensure overseas firms consider all potential locations when visiting Ireland. It is important to remember that the final decision on where to invest always rests with the company concerned. I remind the Deputy that site visit activity...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: The Minister is considering the options. We need good legislation here. That is the important point.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: We are not going to introduce legislation just for the sake of it. The Minister is currently examining the two Private Members' Bills and following that examination, she will consider her options.

Other Questions: Health and Safety (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: I thank Deputy Kenny for his question. As someone with an agricultural background, I am very conscious of health and safety and the issues which may arise at marts. The Health and Safety Authority, HSA, is responsible for the enforcement of the relevant statutory provisions set out in the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005 and associated regulations related to workplace health and...

Other Questions: Health and Safety (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: Deputy Kenny spoke about common-sense solutions but people must use common sense themselves and recognise the dangers of mixing with animals. Many of the more modern marts have overhead bridges so that people can inspect animals from above. Under no circumstances should members of the public be in the passages between the pens or the pens themselves because cattle at marts are in unfamiliar...

Other Questions: Health and Safety (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: I also sympathise with the individual concerned. Deputy Kenny is correct to point out that we often do not hear of the injuries incurred by farmers at marts. It is only when people are killed or suffer life-changing injuries that we hear about it. As I said already, mixing with animals is the third most common cause of accidents in the country. I will pass on the Deputy's concerns to the...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: We do not fail in delivering jobs to the county. Only last Tuesday morning, I made a good announcement together with the chief executive officer of the Californian company, Microsemi, for the town of Ennis, which is close to Clarecastle. We announced that a €3.2 million contract had been awarded to the company by the European Space Agency for a general support technical programme to...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: There is positive news for the county. Let us be positive about employment.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Company Closures (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: We will try to ensure that there will be a buyer for the Roche plant but it is proving difficult. IDA Ireland is working hard.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: I thank the Deputy for her question. The Minister is currently seeking to finalise legislative proposals on ticket resale. The main element of current proposals for legislation on ticket resale is for a ban on resale above the face value of the ticket or on resale at a price in excess of 10% above face value. While the Minister shares the Deputy's concern to ensure that ticket markets work...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: Two Private Members' Bills have been introduced in this area. The Bill tabled by Deputies Rock and Donnelly provides for a ban on the resale of tickets above face value while Deputy Quinlivan's Bill provides for a ban on the resale of tickets in excess of 10% of the ticket price. The Minister commends the initiatives taken by the Deputies and she is fully sympathetic to them. I can...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Ticket Touting (24 May 2018)

Pat Breen: Any legislation that is put in place must be in the interests of music or sports fans.