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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (18 May 2022)

Leo Varadkar: Regional development is at the centre of IDA Ireland's current strategy “Driving Recovery & Sustainable Growth 2021-2024”. Under this Strategy, which seeks to further enhance FDI’s place at the centre of a resilient, sustainable, and inclusive Irish economy, the IDA is targeting half of all investments to regional locations. As the Deputy may be aware, IDA Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Regional Aid (26 Apr 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...to the border even though it is not officially in the NUTS2 Border region. Regional Aid does not involve any European money or grants and should not be confused with structural funds which Ireland qualified for in the past. Rather it limits the amount of regional state aid that the Irish exchequer can provide to certain geographic areas based on specified criteria. In Drogheda, the focus...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Site Acquisitions (26 Apr 2022)

Leo Varadkar: Regional development is a priority for IDA Ireland.  IDA Ireland is targeting 40 investments for the Mid-East region in the period 2021 to 2024. Louth is already home to 35 IDA Ireland client companies directly employing more than 4,500 people in Technology, Life Sciences, International Financial Services and Engineering & Industrial Technologies. In June 2021, IDA Ireland...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (7 Apr 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ..., but not when they are actually up and running. The spin-off from them, realistically, is quite limited. Probably the best thing we can do for Drogheda is make use of that new IDA Ireland land bank, ideally not for data centres but for some other form of industrial development that would be more labour intensive and would therefore create more job opportunities for people in the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Foreign Direct Investment (7 Apr 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...for raising this question and for his ongoing advocacy for the town of Drogheda. As he is aware, it and Dundalk have been designated as growth centres on the Dublin-Belfast corridor in Project Ireland 2040. The IDA is targeting 40 investments for the mid-east region from 2021 to 2024. Louth is already home to 35 IDA Ireland client companies directly employing more than 4,500 people in...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Job Losses (7 Apr 2022)

Leo Varadkar: .... The company has been introduced to the Local Enterprise Office to help it get a better understanding of the supports available to employees. IDA Ireland continues to market the available lands on the IDA business & technology park and Oakfield site in Sligo to potential investors. The creation of a talent profile of the site is currently underway which will be included to...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Mar 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...working on a new scheme to allow farmers to plant small plantations of trees. It is very small, but still significant if everyone does it. We would like to see farmers using a small part of their land for small plantations, ideally with native broadleaf trees. She is introducing that and allowing them to avoid the existing licensing system for doing that. I believe MARA will be up...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (24 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: That matter is currently being reviewed by the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, who is examining whether it will be possible within Transport Infrastructure Ireland's budget to reallocate some funds to allow the project to continue to progress through planning. As the Deputy pointed out, it is an important road project because it accesses a significant IDA site - the former Amgen site - and can...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...aid to neighbouring countries but we absolutely acknowledge that were there to be a conflict, as well as loss of human life, there would likely be significant refugee flows into Romania and Poland in particular. In that scenario we anticipate the EU solidarity clause would be triggered and we would be required, but also willing and happy, to assist Romania and Poland in any way we can...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: State Properties (10 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The agencies of my Department do not own any land banks that could be used for the provision of housing. IDA Ireland operates a dynamic portfolio of strategic land banks as the availability of an adequate supply of marketable, serviced land and office/industrial buildings is a key element in Ireland's ability to compete for mobile Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). The availability of...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (10 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The timely provision of appropriate, innovative, and cost-effective property and infrastructure solutions that meets the needs of MNCs remains essential to winning FDI. IDA Ireland’s regional property programme aims to ensure availability of land, buildings and infrastructure in regional locations for current and prospective clients of both IDA and Enterprise Ireland. Over the last 5...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (10 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...importance to the State. I'm informed that following a resolution by Clare County Council, the Council has, in partnership with the University of Limerick, formally sought the designation and expansion of lands on the north campus of the University as an Economic Strategic Development Zone. This proposal is currently under consideration by the Department of Housing, Local Government...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (8 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: IDA Ireland actively promotes available buildings and land in IDA Business Parks and high-quality buildings in private ownership through their network of overseas offices. The IDA is actively encouraging investors to locate in regional areas, whether through marketing potential investment sites outside of the main cities or working to develop recognised industry clusters. The table below...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (8 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: The timely provision of appropriate, innovative, and cost-effective property and infrastructure solutions that meets the needs of MNCs remains essential to winning FDI. IDA Ireland’s regional property programme aims to ensure availability of land, buildings and infrastructure in regional locations for current and prospective clients of both IDA and Enterprise Ireland. Over the last 5...

Select Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2022
Vote 32 - Enterprise, Trade and Employment (Revised) (2 Feb 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...doing that the services provided to the public would be diminished and, perhaps, business performance would be reduced. That is not fair either. We have to get the balance right here in how this lands. The view of the Attorney General, which is very strong, and I have 36 pages of legal advice on this, is that there are strong limitations on the extent to which the Government can...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...for people who are affected by sterilisation with regard to road projects. Even if takes a long time for a road to be built, just going from five possible routes to one frees four tracts of land. If the road project is more advanced, narrowing a wide corridor a bit can free land on which people can build houses, farm buildings, etc. I very much appreciate the dilemma many people around...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (20 Jan 2022)

Leo Varadkar: ...projects progress in which particular year. I am concerned about the very large number of projects that appear to be stalled, particularly those that relate to road safety, accessing industrial lands to create jobs and potential lands for housing. It is something we discussed at leader level and we will see if we can do something to resolve the situation. We must prioritise investment...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Dec 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...last 5 years the IDA’s Regional Property Programme has enabled the winning of capital-intensive projects of significant scale to regional locations. IDA actively promotes available buildings and land in IDA Business Parks, as well as high-quality buildings in private ownership through their network of overseas offices. In Galway, the IDA has invested significantly in the provision...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Industrial Development (9 Dec 2021)

Leo Varadkar: In June 2021 IDA Ireland announced they had acquired two land banks in Co Louth. The land acquisitions, with a combined total of 149 acres, situated at the townland of Killally in Dundalk and Mell in Drogheda form part of IDA’s long term strategic plans to position Louth and the wider North East region to compete for Foreign Direct Investment (FDI). Both sets of lands have been...

Seanad: Covid-19 and the New Measures (Enterprise, Trade and Employment): Statements (7 Dec 2021)

Leo Varadkar: ...we receive a WTO proposal in writing, we will look at it. That has not happened yet. I met the United States Trade Representative, Katherine Tai, and said we would happily look at a proposal if one lands; it has not yet. I believe it is being somewhat misrepresented as a panacea and a bit of a magic wand. The truth is that a TRIPS waiver will not result in a single vaccine plant being...