Written answers
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Industrial Development
Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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554.To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the locations where IDA are constructing new advanced building solutions; and when each of these new locations will be completed in tabular form. [31685/24]
Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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In a challenging and increasingly competitive environment for FDI globally, the availability of property and infrastructure solutions that meet the needs of investors can be a key differentiator in investment decisions and winning FDI projects.
IDA’s Regional Property Programme ensures the supply of land, buildings and infrastructure in regional locations to attract current and prospective clients to locate in the regions. In this regard, IDA’s current strategy, 'Driving Recovery and Sustainable Growth, 2021-2024', outlines objectives for delivery of property solutions throughout the country.
Under the strategy IDA is progressing the delivery of 19 Advanced Building Solutions (ABS) across the regions and is partnering with the private sector and Local Authorities to deliver further buildings in key locations. Eight of the 19 buildings are complete. The locations and completion date for each of these are as follows:
Building Name | Location | Completion Period |
|---|---|---|
| Dundalk | Finnabair Business Park Dundalk Co Louth | Q3 2022 |
| Sligo | Sligo Business & Technology Park Finisklin Sligo | Q4 2021 |
| Monaghan | Monaghan Business & Technology Park Monaghan | Q3 2021 |
| Limerick | Raheen Business Park Limerick | Q4 2022 |
| Limerick | National Technology Park Limerick | Q4 2021 |
| Waterford | Waterford Business & Technology Park | Q1 2023 |
| Carlow | IDA Business & Technology Park Dublin Road Carlow | Q4 2023 |
| Athlone | Athlone Business & Technology Park Westmeath | Q4 2023 |
The completion stages of the remaining 11 buildings are outlined below:
Building Name | Location | Completion Stage |
|---|---|---|
| Sligo | Oakfield Business Park | Under Construction |
| Galway | Parkmore, Galway | Under Construction |
| Athlone | Garrycastle, Athlone | Demolition & Site Clearance Complete |
| Mullingar | Mullingar, Co Westmeath | Planning Granted |
| Cavan | Cavan | Under Construction |
| Letterkenny | Letterkenny, Co Donegal | Contractor Procurement |
| Drogheda | Drogheda, Co Louth | Planning Stage |
| Tralee | Tralee, Co Kerry | Advance Planning Stage |
| Longford | Longford | Site Identification |
| Oranmore | Galway | Site Identification |
| Castlebar | Castlebar, Co Mayo | Site Identification |
The delivery of the Regional Property Programme is dependent on a wide range of external stakeholders and FDI client timelines. Furthermore, many factors impact on timelines for the delivery of construction projects including site identification, willing vendors, planning, procurement & a variety of macro-economic factors. Capital-intensive property investment projects by their very nature run over multiple years. In that regard, the construction industry continues to be impacted by global supply chains and cost inflation challenges whole IDA Property Division continues to monitor these challenges and the impact of same on the delivery of the Regional Property Programme. IDA will continue to use its best endeavours to deliver all buildings in a timely manner.
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