John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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700. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of potential US inward investors that have conducted site visits in each IDA region in 2016, both before and after the Brexit referendum result in the UK. [34637/16]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The number of site visits for the first two quarters of 2016 is set out in the following table. The number of site visits to the end of the third quarter, which incorporates the period directly after the result of the EU-UK referendum, is also set out for comparison.

IDA Ireland operates in an environment of ever increasing worldwide competition for foreign direct investment. For competitiveness reasons, it is not possible for IDA Ireland to disclose details of the country of origin of prospective investors into Ireland.

IDA Site Visits by County to end of 2016