Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 20 March 2018
401. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation the number of site visits conducted by IDA Ireland in counties Cavan and Monaghan in each of the past three years; and the number of these visits that were to locations in the two county towns and other areas of the counties, respectively in tabular form. [12678/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraIDA Ireland continues to highlight the benefits of expanding or locating in all of our regions, including in counties Cavan and Mongahan.
Site visits do represent an important tool through which investors can be encouraged to invest in regional areas and the IDA always does its utmost to ensure that overseas firms consider all potential locations when visiting Ireland. It is important to remember, however, that the final decision as to where to invest always rests with the company concerned. It is also the case that site visit activity does not necessarily reflect investment potential, as at least 70% of all new FDI comes from existing IDA Ireland client companies.
The IDA collates data on site visits on a countywide basis only. The following table sets out details on the number of IDA Ireland site visits to Counties Cavan and Monaghan between 2015-2017:
|
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
|
CAVAN |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
MONAGHAN |
2 |
2 |
1 |
