Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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358. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if she will provide details of jobs announcements to date, including the number of jobs and their location, since the UK referendum on leaving the EU last June, which involve the relocation of financial services jobs from the UK to here; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12654/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The financial services sector is one where Ireland could potentially see increased foreign direct investment on account of the UK’s exit from the EU.  There has already been extensive engagement at home and abroad with the industry about potential new investment here and work continues to ensure that the interest shown to date in Ireland is converted into new projects on the ground.

Investments of significant scale and complexity, however, require time to advance. It is also still less than 9 months since the EU-UK referendum was held. It should therefore not be a surprise that there has, to date, been no such relocation of financial services jobs from the UK to this jurisdiction.