Grant-aided industry in Dublin
Asked whether additional wholly grant-aided industry was planned for Dublin, the Minister cited strong IDA job commitments and ongoing promotion, land acquisition and factory construction.
asked the Minister for Industry, Commerce and Energy if any additional wholly grantaided industry is under consideration for the Dublin area where many traditional industries were hit by the recent recession.
Comment on this
I would refer the Deputy to a reply which I gave to a somewhat similar question on 22 March 1979. As indicated on that occasion the Industrial Development Authority approved in 1978 projects with a total job potential of almost 10,000 for the Dublin area, and this very high level of job commitments has been sustained in 1979 to date.
The authority are actively promoting the Dublin area as a suitable location for grant-aided industries of all sizes and a major programme of land acquisition and factory construction is under way. The Deputy will be aware, moreover, that many of the larger projects secured by the authority in recent times plan to locate in the Dublin area.
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