Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 238: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the original cost to the Exchequer of the Industrial Development Authority lands in Monasterevin, County Kildare; if the lands were offered to Kildare County Council; if so, the price they were offered at; the reason the sale did not proceed; the plans the IDA has for the lands in view of the fact that there has been no visit by an IDA itinerary delegation to the site for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31275/08]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 239: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the original cost to the Exchequer of the Industrial Development Authority lands at Athy, County Kildare; if the lands were offered for sale to Kildare County Council; if so, the price they were offered at; the reason the sale did not proceed; the plans the IDA has for the lands in view of the fact that no itinerary delegation has visited the site for the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31276/08]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 240: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the original cost to the Exchequer of the Industrial Development Authority lands at Kildare Town, County Kildare; if the lands were offered to Kildare County Council; the price they were offered at; the reason the sale was not completed; the plans the IDA has for the lands in view of the fact that no itinerary delegation has visited the site in a number of years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31277/08]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 241: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the original cost to the Exchequer of the Industrial Development Authority lands purchased in Castledermot, County Kildare; if these lands were offered for sale to Kildare County Council; if so, the price the lands were offered for; the reason for the sale not proceeding; the plans the IDA has for the lands in view of the fact that there has been no itinerary visits to the site in the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31278/08]

Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 242: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if she or her Department has had meetings with the Industrial Development Authority or the local authority of Kildare County Council to discuss proposals to develop the unused IDA lands within the county where there has been no itinerary visits or no proposals for the use of such unused lands for at least the past five years; if she or her Department discussed with the IDA or the local authority a partnership agreement for the provision of incubation units for small and medium enterprises on these sites; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31279/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 238 to 242, inclusive, together.

The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio is a day-to-day operational matter for the Agency, as part of the statutory responsibility assigned to it by the Oireachtas and it is not a matter in which the Minister of the day has any involvement.

I am informed by IDA Ireland that, at present, the Agency has approximately 2.27 hectares remaining available in Monasterevin, approximately 1.77 hectares remaining available in Athy, (Woodstock), and approximately 1.53 hectares remaining available in Castledermot. The Agency has no lands in Kildare town.

I understand that the Board of IDA approved the sale of all these lands to Kildare County Council at its Board meeting on April 9th 2003. However, this transaction was never finalised due to a failure in negotiations.

IDA informs me that it is currently reviewing the future use of the lands. As part of this review, the Agency has written to Kildare County Council in recent weeks to determine the Council's interest in the acquisition of these lands.

For reasons of confidentiality and commercial sensitivity the cost of acquiring land by IDA are not divulged. In addition, I would like to add that IDA Ireland is regularly in communication with Kildare County Council on a variety of issues.

IDA Ireland is an active participant on the Kildare County Development Board, at which all local development issues are discussed.