IDA Ireland is the agency with statutory responsibility for the attraction of foreign direct investment, FDI, to Ireland and its regions. As part of its responsibilities under those Acts it is also charged with providing property solutions for clients of Enterprise Ireland. The management of IDA Ireland's industrial property portfolio, including decisions relating to property rental, are day-to-day operational matters for the agency and not matters in which I have a function.
Following is a list of all IDA-owned buildings and buildings leased from private investors. There is no rental cost associated with these IDA owned buildings. Of the 56 vacant IDA owned buildings, only 13 are available for promotion due to sales or leases in progress. IDA Ireland leases 87 units from the private investors, 34 of which are vacant. For commercial reasons it is not appropriate to provide an itemised list showing the rent paid for each of these factories. However, the total rent payable for vacant buildings is currently in the order of €3.1 million per annum. IDA entered into the leases with private investors in the 1980s when it was policy to encourage investors to construct and finance buildings, mainly outside urban centres, in line with regional investment strategy.
|
Private Finance
|
IDA Owned
|
County
|
Occupied
|
Vacant
|
Total
|
Occupied
|
Vacant
|
Total
|
Cork
|
11
|
9
|
20
|
12
|
15
|
27
|
Donegal
|
4
|
3
|
7
|
8
|
0
|
8
|
Dublin
|
11
|
6
|
17
|
24
|
18
|
42
|
Galway
|
7
|
2
|
9
|
5
|
1
|
6
|
Kerry
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
10
|
13
|
Kildare
|
2
|
4
|
6
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Kilkenny
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
Leitrim
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
Longford
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
3
|
Louth
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
Mayo
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
Monaghan
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
Offaly
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Roscommon
|
4
|
0
|
4
|
0
|
2
|
2
|
Sligo
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
Tipperary
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
Waterford
|
1
|
7
|
8
|
12
|
1
|
13
|
Westmeath
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Wexford
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
Wicklow
|
6
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
|
53
|
34
|
87
|
72
|
56
|
128
|