Trade Promotion
Seanad Éireann — 2026-05-28
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Martin Conway (IND), Administrative Panel

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. That was not the answer I was expecting or wanted. Will the Minister of State ask the Minister, Deputy Peter Burke, to review this and come back to us with the business case for not opening it? Why was the office there in the first place? When it was closed, it was simply because of cutbacks. There was no other reason. That was the reason given at the time. It does not make business sense. IDA Ireland is charged with channelling its resources in the way it considers to be most efficient, but there needs to be some ministerial intervention to ask it to review this decision and come back to us with a short snappy rejustification of why this is not required. The justification in that answer is not sufficient so it needs to rejustify it and that can only be done with a proper, effective, short, snappy review.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-28