Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 June 2016
555. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of visits organised by the Industrial Development Agency Ireland for potential investors, by county, in each of the years 2009 to 2016 to date. [16856/16]
View answerIDA Ireland maintains statistics of site visits by potential investors on a county-by-county basis only. From 2009 to the end of quarter one in 2016, there were a total of 2,777 IDA Ireland sponsored site visits by potential investors to various locations throughout the country. The following sets out, on a county-by-county basis, the number of IDA Ireland sponsored site visits during this period.
The Table shows the number of IDA Ireland sponsored site visits by potential investors by county from 2009 to the end of quarter one in 2016.
|
County |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 Q1 |
|
Carlow |
1 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Cavan |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Clare |
9 |
7 |
15 |
14 |
5 |
9 |
12 |
3 |
|
Cork |
29 |
44 |
27 |
38 |
31 |
30 |
48 |
11 |
|
Donegal |
3 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
|
Dublin |
90 |
197 |
150 |
196 |
180 |
205 |
242 |
57 |
|
Galway |
22 |
41 |
35 |
18 |
15 |
19 |
41 |
10 |
|
Kerry |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
|
Kildare |
1 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
5 |
|
Kilkenny |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
4 |
|
Laois |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
|
Leitrim |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
8 |
1 |
|
Limerick |
18 |
38 |
40 |
30 |
23 |
22 |
40 |
9 |
|
Longford |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Louth |
28 |
25 |
26 |
12 |
4 |
10 |
20 |
5 |
|
Mayo |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
Meath |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
2 |
|
Monaghan |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Offaly |
6 |
7 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
|
Roscommon |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
|
Sligo |
5 |
12 |
3 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
15 |
4 |
|
Tipperary |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
4 |
|
Waterford |
8 |
11 |
11 |
26 |
14 |
11 |
31 |
4 |
|
Westmeath |
14 |
22 |
15 |
7 |
9 |
12 |
28 |
9 |
|
Wexford |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
Wicklow |
2 |
5 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
4 |
7 |
1 |
|
TOTAL |
246 |
426 |
341 |
378 |
326 |
359 |
565 |
136 |
