Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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616. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA Ireland sponsored visits in each county in 2016 up until 30 September 2016; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29287/16]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland maintains statistics of site visits by potential investors on a quarterly basis. The latest data available covers the first two quarters of 2016, during which there were 315 site visits countrywide. The breakdown by county of those visits is provided in the table. Figures for the third quarter will be available early next month. The table also shows, on a county-by-county basis, the total number of IDA Ireland client company supported jobs, the number of IDA Ireland client companies and the total number of site visits in 2015.

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.

IDA Ireland Jobs Statistics 2015; Site Visits 2015 and to end Quarter 2 2016 by County