Regional Development
Dail Éireann — 2025-11-13
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Colm Burke (FG), Cork North-Central

There is continued expansion. I visited one company recently that was doing a €60 million expansion and a number of other companies have plans to grow. The challenge is that some of them need to move to bigger sites. I welcome what the Minister said about a land bank because it is extremely important and also because of the port facility. The Ringaskiddy bypass road is now being built. It will take another two years. With the development in the Tivoli Docks area, the port facilities will move to Ringaskiddy and while land will be opening up there, it will be for residential development and other potential development. There are a lot of opportunities in Cork now. It is interesting how, by the local authorities - the city and county councils - IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, the Minister's Department and other Departments working together, we can make sure land is available and the infrastructure is developed so that companies can come in, create employment and grow the local economy further.

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Sitting date: 2025-11-13