IDA Ireland continued throughout the pandemic to promote Ireland as an attractive location for investment to new and existing clients. As a result of the severe restrictions on international travel over the last two years, the ability to host in-person site visits was severely limited. However, IDA did innovate significantly in how it engaged online through e-visits with potential investors and the success of these efforts is reflected in the record number of jobs created in IDA assisted firms in 2021. The number of in-person and e-visits made by the IDA to each county in quarter 1 is set out in the table below.
I am advised that data relating to Q2 site visits will not be verified and available until the beginning of August.
County
|
Q1 2022E-visits
|
Q1 2022In person
|
Carlow
|
0
|
0
|
Cavan
|
0
|
0
|
Clare
|
1
|
2
|
Cork
|
5
|
8
|
Donegal
|
0
|
4
|
Dublin*
|
43
|
11
|
Galway
|
3
|
4
|
Kerry*
|
10
|
0
|
Kildare
|
1
|
0
|
Kilkenny
|
0
|
0
|
Laois
|
0
|
1
|
Leitrim
|
0
|
0
|
Limerick*
|
13
|
3
|
Longford
|
1
|
0
|
Louth
|
1
|
1
|
Mayo
|
0
|
1
|
Meath
|
0
|
0
|
Monaghan
|
0
|
0
|
Offaly
|
0
|
1
|
Roscommon
|
0
|
2
|
Sligo
|
0
|
3
|
Tipperary
|
0
|
1
|
Waterford
|
0
|
1
|
Westmeath
|
4
|
3
|
Wexford
|
0
|
0
|
Wicklow
|
0
|
0
|
The numbers for these counties include a group of 10 companies virtually site visiting Kerry, Limerick and Dublin in Q1.
Potential clients visiting Ireland may visit more than one county and may return to a location more than once. These figures represent individual visits and are therefore not indicative of the number of companies that have visited.