Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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75. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 52 of 18 January 2023, if the IDA currently employs, or has under contract, an agent or consultant in Israel to increase investment in Ireland by Israeli enterprises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22126/23]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland issued a request for tender for a part-time Israel-based Business Development Consultant in January 2022.  IDA Ireland regularly engages Pathfinders/Consultants globally and this is a model used across many geographies.  The Consultant finished the assignment at the end of January 2023 and I am informed that IDA Ireland is likely to go to tender for a replacement consultant in 2023. 

A Business Development Consultant identifies target companies with potential for investing in Ireland, engages with senior decision-makers in these companies and presents Ireland’s value proposition as an investment location.

I also wish to advise the Deputy that IDA Ireland will not target any Israeli company included on the database of enterprises involved in certain activities relating to settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory as published by the UN in February 2020.