Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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296. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA site visits to a location (details supplied) in each of the years 2011 to 2017 and to date in 2018, in tabular form. [52825/18]

Heather 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 almost 70% of all new foreign direct investment comes from existing IDA Ireland client companies.

Data on IDA Ireland site visits is collated on a county-by-county basis. Information on site visits to particular locations is therefore unavailable.

The trend for site visits across County Cork remains positive. In 2017, Cork hosted 51 site visits and as of the third quarter of 2018 there have been 48 site visits by IDA client companies.

The table below outlines the number of site visits by IDA client companies to County Cork from 2011 to Q3 2018.