Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 7 February 2024
152. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the countries overseas where IDA Ireland has hired out a business development consultant to carry out work on its behalf in 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024, in tabular form. [5521/24]
View answerAn important element of the IDA’s strategy is to diversify its market reach by broadening the geographic profile of investment. To support this objective, a ‘Pioneering Markets’ team was established within the Growth Markets Division of IDA Ireland in 2019, tasked with extending IDA’s global footprint. This approach has been supported by the appointment of a number of in-market part-time business development consultants located across multiple geographies including South America, South Africa, United Arab Emirates (UAE) and during 2022, Israel.
These consultants identify target companies with potential for investing in Ireland, engage with senior decision-makers in these companies and promote Ireland as an inward investment location.
The following table summarises the locations of IDA Ireland’s business development consultants since 2022.
|
- |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
South America |
in place |
in place |
in place |
|
South Africa |
in place |
in place |
in place |
|
UAE |
in place |
in place |
in place |
|
Israel |
in place (contract commenced February 2022) |
None (contract ended January 2023) |
None |
