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Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

IDA Site Visits

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will seek assurances from the Industrial Development Agency that attention is being paid to the job creation needs of Tallaght, Dublin 24; if he will ask the IDA to confirm the number of times investment visits were made to Tallaght in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1645/15]

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael)
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Information in relation to IDA Ireland sponsored site visits by potential investors is provided on a county basis only. I am informed by IDA Ireland that during 2014 there were 205 IDA Ireland-sponsored site visits by potential investors to Dublin City and County. These visits were from new companies visiting the location for the first time and also from senior executives of existing client companies. It must be remembered that the final decision on where to visit and where to locate are made by the investor.

At the end of2014, the latest date for which figures are available, there were 596 IDA Ireland-supported companies in Dublin employing 70,989people. IDA Ireland works closely with these companies to ensure their long term sustainability and to encourage their growth, development and continuing re-investment in their sites.

As is evidenced with IDA Ireland investment announcements over the past number of years, a significant number locate in Dublin so it is reasonable to expect that this trend will continue.

Typical examples of the type of investments which were announced in West Dublin during 2014 which will impact positively on the surrounding area including Tallaght,include the announcement in January by Aspen, a global pharmaceutical company, in City West that it was expanding its Irish operation by adding 42 new high quality jobs. These jobs will require the necessary skillsets in areas such as pharmaceutical production, quality control and assurance, regulatory affairs and supply chain management. In April, Alexion announced plans to expand its operations in Ireland following the acquisition of a new site in West Dublin. The Company expects that this expansion will create approximately 200 new jobs at Alexion as part of an investment of approximately €75million over the next number of years.

SAP announced in May that the company was increasing investment in the Business Objects Software Limited’s Development Centre in City West with the creation of 60 jobs.

I am confident that these investments will have a positive impact directly and indirectly on job creation in the greater Dublin area which includes Tallaght.

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