Dominic Hannigan (Meath East, Labour)
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Question 208: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits that the Industrial Development Agency and Enterprise Ireland have made to IDA and Enterprise Ireland supported companies in County Meath in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24978/11]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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The relationship between the enterprise development agencies and their client companies is a day-to-day operational matter for the agencies and not one in which I have a function. Furthermore, for reasons of commercial sensitivity and client confidentiality, it would not be appropriate to make public the normal and regular contacts which the agencies have with their client companies.

On the other hand the number of site visits arranged by IDA for potential investors is available. I have been informed by IDA Ireland that between 2006 and 2010, a total of 16 site visits were made by potential investors to County Meath. A breakdown of these site visits is set out in the following tabular statement. In the main itineraries for site visits relate to mobile investments, normally from overseas. Indigenous investment is not of its nature very mobile.

Table showing the number of first time site visits by potential investors to

County Meath in the period 2006 to 2010

County Meath in the period 2006 to 2010