Pa Daly (Kerry, Sinn Fein)
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217. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of in-person and e-visits made by the IDA to each county in quarters 1 and 2 of 2022, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37905/22]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland continued throughout the pandemic to promote Ireland as an attractive location for investment to new and existing clients. As a result of the severe restrictions on international travel over the last two years, the ability to host in-person site visits was severely limited. However, IDA did innovate significantly in how it engaged online through e-visits with potential investors and the success of these efforts is reflected in the record number of jobs created in IDA assisted firms in 2021. The number of in-person and e-visits made by the IDA to each county in quarter 1 is set out in the table below.

I am advised that data relating to Q2 site visits will not be verified and available until the beginning of August.

The numbers for these counties include a group of 10 companies virtually site visiting Kerry, Limerick and Dublin in Q1.

Potential clients visiting Ireland may visit more than one county and may return to a location more than once. These figures represent individual visits and are therefore not indicative of the number of companies that have visited.