Written answers
Tuesday, 23 October 2012
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Industrial Development
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide statistics on the number of site visits for potential investors arranged by the Industrial Development Agency on a county basis from 2002 to 2012. [46487/12]
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Details of the number of site visits by potential investors to locations in Ireland on a county by county basis, for each of the years 2003 to 2012 inclusive, are set out in the attached tabular statement. I am informed by IDA Ireland that information for 2002 is not available.
IDA Sponsored Visits to Sites by Potential Investors
2003 to 2012
| County | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlow | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Cavan | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Clare | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 6 |
| Cork | 38 | 39 | 35 | 16 | 27 | 41 | 29 | 44 | 27 | 31 |
| Donegal | 3 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Dublin | 32 | 45 | 71 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 90 | 197 | 150 | 137 |
| Galway | 30 | 17 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 14 | 22 | 41 | 35 | 11 |
| Kerry | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Kildare | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Kilkenny | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Laois | 4 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Leitrim | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Limerick | 15 | 21 | 19 | 24 | 35 | 9 | 18 | 38 | 40 | 13 |
| Longford | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Louth | 26 | 30 | 47 | 47 | 24 | 23 | 28 | 25 | 26 | 7 |
| Mayo | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Meath | 10 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Monaghan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Offaly | 15 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Roscommon | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sligo | 11 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 4 |
| Tipperary | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Waterford | 8 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 12 |
| Westmeath | 36 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 15 | 6 |
| Wexford | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wicklow | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
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