IDA’s focus on Dublin fuelling two-tier recovery, claims FF TD

The Government has been accused of fuelling the “two-tier” economic recovery after it emerged more than half of all IDA Ireland site visits this year have been to the greater Dublin area while 10 counties have not been visited at all.

Fianna Fáil business spokesperson Billy Kelleher claimed small towns and villages are being cut off from any upswing in the economy by sub-standard regional investment.

According to figures supplied by Business Minister Heather Humphreys, in the first three months of this year IDA Ireland officials made a total of 135 site visits to scope out potential locations for foreign direct investment by firms coming to Ireland.