Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 29 September 2010
1696 Deputy Arthur Morgan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Innovation the location of Industrial Development Agency international offices; the cost involved in keeping these offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31943/10]
Amharc ar fhreagraIDA Ireland has 17 overseas offices located in Europe, the United States, Asia Pacific and South America, details of which are set out in the following tabular statement.
In recent years IDA has increased its international presence through the expansion of existing offices in the US and the development of new offices/representatives in France, China, Russia and Brazil, as part of a significant redeployment of personnel to its overseas activities from elsewhere in IDA. I am informed by IDA that, in 2009, the overall costs in relation to the running of its overseas offices amounted to €11.7m.
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Europe |
London, Frankfurt, Paris |
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USA |
New York, Boston, Mountain View (California), Irvine (California), Atlanta and Chicago |
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Asia Pacific/Growth Markets |
Russia, Brazil, Australia, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, China and India |
