Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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356. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will identify the locations and completion dates for each advanced building solutions delivered under the IDA Regional Building Programme, in tabular form. [56744/25]

Peter Burke (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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IDA Ireland prioritises balanced regional development and is aiming for 550 of its 1,000 new investments under its strategy "Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation 2025-29" to be in regional areas. Additionally, suitable property availability can play a key part in winning investments from both new-name and existing client companies. In this regard, in locations where little or no suitable property solutions are available for FDI, and where market failure has resulted in a lack of private sector-led advanced solutions, IDA Ireland intervenes through its Regional Property Programme.

The key objective of the Regional Property Programme is to deliver agile, sustainable, flexible property solutions providing certainty to IDA clients in advance of demand. This includes delivering Advance Building Solutions, collaboration with Local Authorities on advance planning permits and investment in infrastructure projects across the portfolio to meet evolving business needs. Furthermore, the IDA is also focused on acquiring new landbanks and strategic sites to support future projects across all key sectors. This targeted forward-planning is vital to provide certainty and ensure that IDA has a competitive offering that meets the evolving needs of IDA Ireland and Enterprise Ireland clients.

During the IDA's 2021-2024 strategy period, 19 Advanced Building Solutions were progressed across 15 regional locations. Ten buildings were completed in Monaghan, Sligo (2), Limerick (2), Dundalk, Waterford, Carlow, Athlone, and Galway.

The proposed Regional Building Programme 2025-2029 will consist of 23 projects across 21 locations in 8 regions, primarily manufacturing buildings. Over the next five years, IDA will aim to complete 6 buildings currently under construction, in planning or procurement stages from the previous Strategy cycle including Cavan, Letterkenny, Drogheda, Mullingar, Longford, and Castlebar. Additionally, 6 new builds will commence in Dundalk, Limerick, Athlone, Sligo, Galway, and Waterford, subject to successful, planning and procurement phases. IDA will also partner with local authorities to deliver 11 Advance Planning Permits in Letterkenny, Mayo, Tullamore, Mullingar, Kilkenny, Ballinasloe, Navan, Portlaoise, Tralee, Carrick on Shannon and Roscommon.

Given IDA’s clear focus on Sustainability, the proposed Regional Building Programme will maintain a minimum US Green Building Council Shell & Core LEED accredited target objective for all newly constructed IDA buildings. Where appropriate, however, following extensive market engagement, IDA’s Property Department also proposes, as an overarching ambitious principle, to adopt building designs capable of achieving a high level of carbon management.

The table below refers to all buildings completed during three strategy cycles since the inception of the Regional Building Programme.