Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 April 2014
79. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if vacant incubation units leased by the Industrial Development Agency are available for leasing (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17044/14]
View answerUnder the Industrial Development Acts the management of IDA Ireland’s property portfolio, including the leasing and rental of business units, is a day to day operational matter for the agency and is not one in which I have a function.
I am informed by IDA Ireland that in 1983 the Agency entered into a 35 year lease arrangement on 6 units, each approximately 300 square metres, in Newbridge, Co Kildare. At present, one of those units is leased out by IDA Ireland and the other 5 are available for marketing.
I understand from the Agency that it markets the available units through a national website portal, www.daft.ie, and appointed local estate agents.
IDA Ireland has stated that it would consider opportunities to utilise its non-core property portfolio to attract other non-traditional type investments into a region for investments which don’t fall under the general remit of IDA Ireland or Enterprise Ireland but which could create investment and employment opportunities. The available units in Newbridge are being marketed in this context. I am informed by the Agency that applications of the type mentioned by the Deputy are considered on a case by case basis.
