Written answers
Tuesday, 9 May 2017
Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
IDA Site Visits
Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
656. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of IDA visits for 2017 nationwide in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21793/17]
Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
IDA Ireland maintains statistics of site visits by potential investors on a quarterly basis only. In the first quarter of 2017, there were 173 site visits, up from 136 for the same period in 2016. The following table sets out, on a county-by-county basis, the number of IDA Ireland-sponsored site visits for 2016 and for quarter one of 2017.
Site Visits by County, 2016 and Quarter 1 2017
County | 2016 | Q1 2017 |
---|---|---|
Carlow | 9 | 3 |
Cavan | 2 | 0 |
Clare | 18 | 10 |
Cork | 49 | 9 |
Donegal | 7 | 1 |
Dublin | 284 | 82 |
Galway | 42 | 23 |
Kerry | 3 | 1 |
Kildare | 8 | 2 |
Kilkenny | 10 | 2 |
Laois | 6 | 0 |
Leitrim | 8 | 1 |
Limerick | 49 | 10 |
Longford | 6 | 0 |
Louth | 24 | 5 |
Mayo | 5 | 0 |
Meath | 8 | 0 |
Monaghan | 2 | 1 |
Offaly | 4 | 1 |
Roscommon | 1 | 1 |
Sligo | 20 | 2 |
Tipperary | 8 | 5 |
Waterford | 17 | 3 |
Westmeath | 36 | 9 |
Wexford | 7 | 1 |
Wicklow | 5 | 1 |
Total | 638 | 173 |
No comments