Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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448. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the vacant IDA Ireland sites by county; the IDA sites being used by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2859/20]

Robert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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469. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 295 of 18 December 2018, the available IDA lands at the end of quarter 4 of 2019; the occupied IDA lands at the end of quarter 4 of 2019 by county, town and size in hectares, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3687/20]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 448 and 469 together.

The availability of marketable serviced land and buildings in advance of demand remains a key element in the IDA's ability to compete for mobile foreign direct investment. Not only does such a supply of properties help the Agency to secure high quality jobs but it also allows projects to begin at an earlier date by diminishing difficulties associated with land acquisition, planning and construction.

It therefore represents an important means by which the IDA can encourage and attract new investors to regional Ireland. If such properties were not available to potential investors, it would decrease the likelihood that regional areas would be selected by overseas firms ahead of urban locations.

The following tables list all IDA Ireland land available for marketing (Table A) and IDA Ireland land in use(Table B) as at the end of Quarter 4 of 2019.

Table A: IDA Marketable Lands by County

Table B: IDA Lands in Use by County