Foreign Direct Investment
Dail Éireann — 2022-04-07
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Fergus O'Dowd (FG), Louth

I hear the Tánaiste. Part of the argument about data centres, and it is top priority for IDA Ireland to encourage them, is that they are supposed to be capable of attracting further ancillary employment. It is not acceptable if we attract them in but do not get the spin-off from them. Amazon is interacting very well with the local community and I laud its efforts in the community spirit it is generating. I hear what the Tánaiste is saying. Drogheda is now the largest town in Ireland, and is shortly to become a city. It is a designated growth centre. IDA Ireland is paying attention to it. My job here is to repeat and reiterate the demand locally for more employment and investment. If, in his present role, the Tánaiste can fill the 40 acres of land which IDA Ireland recently bought, I would be very happy indeed.

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Sitting date: 2022-04-07