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Wednesday, 6 July 2016

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

IDA Site Visits

Photo of Niall CollinsNiall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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254. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Industrial Development Agency client visits in quarter 1 and quarter 2 of 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20007/16]

Photo of Mary Mitchell O'ConnorMary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland collates data on its site visits on a quarterly basis. The latest data available is for the first quarter of 2016, during which there were 136 IDA Ireland-sponsored site visits countrywide. The breakdown is provided in the following table. Figures for the second quarter will be available early next month.

It is important to note that data on site visits is not an accurate measure of the level of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) activity in a region or county. That is partly because approximately 70% of all FDI investment won by IDA Ireland comes from its existing client base, rather than new companies.

The number of site visits to a particular county is also better viewed against the background of the wider progress IDA Ireland is making in generating new jobs across the country. This can be seen in the Agency’s record 2015 results, in which a total of 18,983 jobs were created with employment in IDA Ireland client companies rising to over 187,000. The Agency has also made regional development a cornerstone of its five-year strategy and is targeting a minimum increase in investment of 30%-40% in each individual region outside Dublin.

IDA Ireland Jobs Statistics 2015; Site Visits 2015 and Quarter 1 2016 by County

CountyNo. of CompaniesTotal JobsNew Jobs - 2015Site Visits 2015Site Visits Q1 2016
Carlow77681910
Cavan 71,1652900
Clare686,599646123
Cork14831,9004,0624811
Donegal122,91833051
Dublin65277,2448,86424257
Galway6014,2971,2674110
Kerry121,9318961
Kildare2210,31367975
Kilkenny 56509104
Laois2971040
Leitrim44231681
Limerick528,8491,018409
Longford56864621
Louth213,245317205
Mayo183,98115932
Meath171,5718972
Monaghan51465220
Offaly109025881
Roscommon99369920
Sligo222,029132154
Tipperary123,51895124
Waterford335,662536314
Westmeath162,529212289
Wexford172,48610141
Wicklow182,2114971
Total1,254187,05618,983565136

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