Matt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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77. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if an IDA business development consultant has been hired; if Government have reconsidered the creation of such a role in light of the ongoing breaches of international humanitarian law and ongoing war crimes committed by Israel. [51416/23]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will appreciate that these are operational matters for IDA Ireland and not ones for which I have a direct role in.

IDA Ireland has informed my Department that it had successfully tendered for a part-time Israel-based Business Development Consultant during 2021 with the contract commencing in February 2022 and that this contract ended 12 months later, at the end of January 2023. Following the evaluation stage of a new tender competition earlier this year, IDA Ireland was unable to conclude a contract with the successful tenderer.

My Department has further been informed that following consideration IDA Ireland took the decision to cancel this tender competition and a cancellation notice was issued in October 2023. At this time, IDA Ireland does not envisage re-tendering for the contract.