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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The LEOs in Tipperary support 1,437 jobs. Deputy McGrath stated he has not met IDA Ireland. I beg the Deputy's pardon. The Deputy met IDA Ireland in my office at least two or three times.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Did the Deputy inquire to meet the CEO?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I did not know that. That is the Deputy's business and his. Deputy McGrath is also raising ConnectIreland in another question about Tipperary. I dealt with ConnectIreland. I believe there is another question coming about ConnectIreland and I will have more to time to address that issue.

Other Questions: IDA Site Visits (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Regional development is a key priority for me and I am determined to help drive job creation all over Ireland. Increasing and sustaining foreign direct investment outside of our main urban areas represents a vital part of this. IDA Ireland's strategy for 2015-19 includes a commitment to increase foreign direct investment in every region outside Dublin by 30%-40%. The 2016 results show...

Other Questions: IDA Site Visits (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is because the Deputy is saying its all going to Dublin.

Other Questions: IDA Site Visits (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I know where Deputy Eugene Murphy's concern is coming from but if he thinks about it, the chief executive and the board of the companies involved decide where they want to go. IDA Ireland encourages them. I myself have encouraged companies that I have met to go to regional towns not too far from many of the towns Deputy Murphy mentioned. The LEOs in Roscommon supported the creation of...

Other Questions: IDA Site Visits (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: In my answer, I mentioned these reasons and they include transport hubs, talent and local infrastructure.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I thank Deputy Martin. Enterprise Ireland's strategy is global growth and we will continue with that. If I may say so, we are quite successful. The unemployment rate is now at 6.6%, with over 2 million people at work. In 2016, some 63,000 people went out every morning having got a new job. We are quite successful and this Minister is very ambitious, especially that jobs go to the regions...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Enterprise Support Schemes (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I am very aware it is the new economy. We are very ambitious and we have set targets for 2017 in job creation of 45,000 jobs. I am quietly confident we will reach that target by embracing the green economy. I agree with the Deputy that it is nothing new and it is not that I have not heard this before. It has been brought up at many of our meetings with Enterprise Ireland so as to ensure...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The questions have been moved about. What number is this?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Was the Deputy late?

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: There we go.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is all right. I do not mind at all. The relevant State bodies will do everything possible to help the employees of this company to find new job opportunities. I have arranged that the inter-agency group, which is currently working to assist the Ranbaxy Laboratories and Suir Pharma closures, will now extend its remit to deal with the forthcoming closure in Nenagh. Earlier this week I...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: I have done it before publicly but I reiterate that 63,000 jobs were created last year, with 72% of them outside Dublin. Those jobs are coming to provincial, rural and regional Ireland.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Job Creation (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: The Deputy does not want to hear that. I met the Deputy on two or three occasions in my Department with various groups. We met about the Lisheen quarry project. We have also met about the recent closure of Coty. It is regrettable. It is terrible that 200 people lost their jobs there. I assure the Deputy that we are doing our best to ensure that site will be sold to a viable customer. In...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Collins referred to the Brexit unit. I will describe to him exactly what is going on in the Department. In addition to the Brexit unit I chair a fortnightly meeting which is attended by the chief executives of the IDA, Enterprise Ireland, Science Foundation Ireland, InterTradeIreland and whichever other groups we need to make sure we are cognisant of what is happening in the various...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is not just a three-person unit.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: It is very easy for Deputy Collins to talk about what businesses need, but we have carried out a tailored and targeted survey with more than 1,000 businesses, to which we had a 99% response. They had different requirements. Some of them want to be more competitive, others want help with currency fluctuation and still others want access to cheaper credit so it is not all about state aid...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Collins has made his point. The Taoiseach chairs the committee dealing with Brexit.

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Brexit Issues (23 Mar 2017)

Mary Mitchell O'Connor: Deputy Collins is making a new point now. I am willing to respond to it.