John Brady (Wicklow, Sinn Fein)
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148. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland site visits to each county in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39743/24]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Regional development is a key element of Government's enterprise policy, as set out in the White Paper on Enterprise, and is a key focus of the work of my Department and our Agencies. The availability of property and infrastructure solutions is a key factor in investment decisions and a robust property and infrastructure ecosystem can be the key differentiator in winning Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) projects. In this regard, IDA Ireland’s Regional Property Programme is aimed at supporting economic development and job creation across the country by providing property solutions for its own, as well as Enterprise Ireland and LEO, clients and IDA Ireland facilitates both virtual and in-person sites visits for companies.

Data on the number of site visits from 2019 to 2023 for each county are set in the table that follows. In interpreting the figures, I am advised that the Deputy should note that potential IDA clients may visit more than one county and may return to a location more than once and the figures being provided represent individual visits and are, therefore, not indicative of the number of companies that have visited.