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Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Foreign Direct Investment (2 Nov 2021)

Damien English: IDA Ireland is not planning to establish an office in Israel. The IDA issued a request for tender for a part-time Israel based Business Development Consultant in April 2021. I am advised that IDA Ireland has identified a person for this role and the appointment process is likely to be concluded by year end. This person will represent IDA to support its efforts to win new investment....

Seanad: Innovation 2020: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Damien English: ...to aim high. If we are to compete with Denmark, Sweden and Finland, we have to spend this kind of money. We have to fund this kind of research and development to drive innovation. If we consider what is happening in Israel, we can see that this is the level we must target. We have a five-year plan and we will need further plans thereafter. I thank Members for their time.

Seanad: Innovation 2020: Statements (13 Jan 2016)

Damien English: I have a few items that I will come back to individually. The Senator asked the reason we look at Denmark, Sweden and Israel. It is because they are comparative countries. They are investing heavily in research and development and they are driving innovation. They are countries with which we are competing and we have to match them and be ahead of them. They are already well on the road...

Seanad: Horizon 2020: Statements (8 Oct 2015)

Damien English: ...beyond that because we will not compete in ten years' time if we are still at 2.5%. The Senator is correct. Countries such as Denmark, Finland and Sweden are at the 2.5% rate and we need to be up at that level. Israel is at 4% and it has large number of startups. That is the kind of target we have to reach and drive this on. We cannot take this for granted and I think most members...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Estimates for Public Services 2015: Vote 32 - Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation (29 Sep 2015)

Damien English: ...win investment. The Government has set a high target to achieve - a spend of 2.5% of GDP by 2020 - and that is what we have to aim for on a continuous basis. Our competitors, such as Finland, Denmark and Israel, are doing this and we have to compete with them and match that. That means getting our spend back up in the next four to six years. Deputy Michael Conaghan mentioned the Web...