Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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422. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he met with the CEO of a company (details supplied) during his recent visit to South Korea. [48759/23]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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During the recent Trade and Investment Mission to the Republic of Korea, I had the opportunity to engage with senior executives of several large Korean companies, including the company mentioned by the Deputy, to promote Ireland as a location for investment.

The Republic of Korea is the 4^thlargest economy in Asia and the 12^thlargest in the world, with a Market of over 50 million people.The Trade and Investment Mission gave an opportunity to encourage business-to-business links, to maximise opportunities to help Irish companies to access the Asia market and to increase the levels of foreign direct investment into Ireland. As high tech and export driven economies , Ireland and Korea have many similarities and shared values in the international rules-based system, making it an important anchor point for Ireland in Asia.