IDA has given up on many parts of the country, says TD

IDA Ireland "has given up on many parts of the country" even though it punches above its weight in attracting investment into Ireland.

That was the claim made yesterday by Fianna Fáil jobs spokesman, Dara Calleary when commenting on new figures showing six counties did not host any IDA-sponsored visits by overseas investors for the first nine months of this year.

Figures provided to Mr Calleary and Tom Fleming TD by the Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton show the number of site visits by overseas investors increased from 272 from January to September last year to 308 for the same period this year — a jump of 13%.