IDA confident of further growth before meeting Jobs and Enterprise Minister

The IDA is likely to renew its push for more resources, to help it accentuate its promotion of Ireland as an investment location, when it formally meets Jobs and Enterprise Minister Mary Mitchell-O’Connor in the coming weeks to review its strategy and performance.

The agency yesterday said it was “reasonably confident” of matching 2015’s record levels of FDI- related job creation this year. In the first six months of this year, approved investments have created 9,100 jobs; marginally up on a year-on-year basis.

A total of 115 investments were secured in the first half, five more than in the same period last year.