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Tuesday, 12 June 2018

Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

IDA Ireland Site Visits

Photo of Maurice QuinlivanMaurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein)
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561. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by the IDA in each of the years 2016 and 2017 and to date in 2018, by county in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24256/18]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland continues to highlight the benefits of expanding or locating in all counties of Ireland to its client base. It is important to remember, however, that the final decision as to where to invest always rests with the company concerned. It is also the case that site visit activity does not necessarily reflect investment potential, as at least 70% of all new foreign direct investment comes from existing IDA Ireland client companies.

The following table sets out details on the number of site visits by IDA clients to each county from 2016 until Q1 2018.

County20162017Q1 2018
Dublin28432769
Kildare8104
Meath 831
Wicklow520
Laois644
Longford670
Offaly450
Westmeath 36423
Clare18224
Limerick49428
Tipperary881
Cavan 220
Louth 24226
Monaghan 210
Donegal 720
Leitrim 852
Sligo 20185
Carlow981
Kilkenny1060
Waterford17115
Wexford730
Cork 495110
Kerry390
Galway 426210
Mayo 572
Roscommon130
Total638682135

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