Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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409. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the regional breakdown of IDA supported FDI investment per region in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38835/25]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Regional development is a key focus of our Programme for Government and is central to the work of my Department and our Agencies. In that regard, regional development is a strategic imperative for the IDA who partners with client companies and key stakeholders in all regions in pursuit of its objective to maximise regional opportunities.

A total number of 973 investments were won by IDA during the lifetime of its 2021-2024 strategy (Driving Recovery and Sustainable Growth), 54% of which went to regional locations. In 2024, 137 of a total of 234 investments, 59% , were outside Dublin. IDA Ireland’s regional strategy has a proven track record of success, and the agency is committed to building on this in the years ahead.

Table 1 below provides a breakdown of regional targets for each region over the period of IDA Ireland's last IDA strategy, 2021 - 2024, together with the total number of client investments by region between 2021 and 2024 and for 2024.

Table 1: 2021-2024 Investment Approvals by Region

Table 2 below provides a breakdown of regional investments that IDA Ireland have committed too over the period 2025 – 2029.

Table 2: 2025 -2029 Regional Targets

IDA Ireland client Investments provide only one indicator of the level of FDI activity in a region. Other indicators of the impact of FDI in a region include the number of client companies; the level of direct and indirect employment generated; the economic impact of IDA client companies in a region through payroll, and purchase of Irish goods and services; site visits to a region; longevity of client company operations, companies commitment to continued transformation, and to the community they are located in.

Table 3 below provides a breakdown of IDA supported FDI client companies and the associated employment by region for 2024.

Table 3: IDA Ireland client Companies and employment by region, 2024

Table 4: Annual Business Survey of Economic Impact 2023 (ABSEI)