John Deasy (Waterford, Fine Gael)
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623. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA or Enterprise Ireland advance factory or similar facilities currently available for occupancy in each county; and the number of such premises, per county, that are currently at either planning or construction stage. [54606/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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Since 2015, the IDA has been working towards targets set out in their strategy “Winning - Foreign Direct Investment 2015-2019”, including increasing foreign direct investment in every region of Ireland by 30%-40%. To help achieve this goal, the Government has committed to providing the IDA €150 million over five years for a regional property programme. This programme aims to ensure property solutions are in place for overseas companies considering investing or expanding, thereby encouraging more FDI in regional Ireland.

To date, under the programme, the Agency has delivered advance buildings in Waterford, Athlone, Sligo, Castlebar and Tralee. It has also successfully secured tenants for the first buildings completed in Waterford, Athlone and Sligo. Two new buildings in Castlebar and Tralee are now complete and being marketed extensively. Construction is also underway on another facility in Galway.

IDA Ireland is continuing to roll out its building programme across the country with new buildings planned in Carlow, Dundalk, Limerick, Athlone and Waterford over the next two years.