Industrial development in south Kerry
O’Leary asks about employment prospects in Killarney and Kenmare and proposes an advance factory in Kenmare. The Minister says the IDA is promoting the areas, seeking a project for its Killarney site and concluding negotiations to acquire a Kenmare site.
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce the efforts that are being made by his Department to provide industrial employment in the Killarney and Kenmare regions of south Kerry in view of the high unemployment rate in these areas.
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Comment on this
asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will arrange for the IDA to build an advance factory on their site in Kenmare, County Kerry.
Comment on this
With the permission of the Ceann Comhairle, I propose to take Questions Nos. 33 and 34 together.
I am aware of the employment situation in the Kenmare and Killarney areas of south Kerry, and I can assure the Deputy that the Industrial Development Authority will continue vigorously to promote these areas for new industrial development. The authority own a 20-acre site in Killarney for which they have been actively seeking a project.
With regard to Kenmare, the authority are at present concluding negotiations for the acquisition of a site in the town which will be actively promoted for new industry. There are no plans at present for the construction of an advance factory on this site.