Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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155. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if there have been developments regarding the possible location of an inward investment project at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4691/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As is well-documented, IDA Ireland is helping ensure, through its Regional Property Programme, that property solutions are in place for overseas companies considering investing or expanding in regional areas.

As part of Budget 2019, I allocated an additional €10m for the next phase of the IDA Regional Property Programme. I am pleased to inform the Deputy that programme includes plans for an Advanced Technology Unit (ATU) at Knockaconny, County Monaghan. The IDA are currently in the process of procuring a design and delivery team for this facility.

More broadly, I want to emphasise that creating jobs in the regions is a priority for both the IDA and my Department. I am focused on doing everything I can to deliver the most even possible spread of investment across the country. The resources we have invested into regional growth is, as the evidence illustrates, producing results. In 2018, for example, the IDA delivered 113 regional investments with 56% of net new jobs created outside Dublin. The last four years have seen over 44,000 new foreign direct investment-supported jobs created outside the capital. We will continue to do our utmost to encourage further such job growth across all parts of Ireland, including Monaghan, in the time ahead.

Eugene Murphy (Roscommon-Galway, Fianna Fail)
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156. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of IDA premises in counties Roscommon and Galway. [4699/19]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland has a total of five buildings in County Galway. Three of these premises are occupied and two of them are being actively marketed to clients through its network of offices in Ireland and overseas. The IDA does not own any buildings in Roscommon but operates a Business and Technology Park there with available land that is being actively marketed to existing and prospective clients.

More broadly, the trend in foreign direct investment remains positive for both Counties, with Roscommon and Galway respectively seeing a 3% and 8% increase in 2018. The IDA will be working hard in 2019 to grow those numbers further.