Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he has met the new chief executive officer of IDA Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35669/14]

Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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As Minister, I regularly meet with the CEO of the enterprise agencies on both formal and informal occasions and I have met with the new Chief Executive Officer of IDA Ireland on a number of occasions since he took up the post on 1 September 2014.

I will be leading a trade and investment mission to the East Coast of the United States during the last week of October and I will be accompanied on that trip by the CEO and other officials. In the course of the mission, I will be meeting with Chairpersons and Senior Executives of both IDA Ireland client companies and target companies.

I look forward to working closely with the CEO of IDA Ireland as he oversees implementation of a new strategy for the period 2015 – 2020, with a view to attracting more FDI into Ireland and its Regions as IDA Ireland seeks to build on the 2014 targets of 13,000 gross jobs created and 155 investments won for Ireland.