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Jobs Minister Richard Bruton today departed on a 5 day five-city investment

mission to the East, South and Mid-West of the USA, to meet companies

considering investing and creating jobs in Ireland.

The IDA mission to Boston, Raleigh, Atlanta, Minneapolis and Chicago will

focus particularly on companies in the technology and health/life sciences

sectors, and the Minister will meet 19 companies ranging from start-ups to

multi-billion dollar world-leading companies.

During the trip, the Minister, who will be

accompanied by Barry O’Leary, CEO of IDA Ireland, as well as other

officials, will meet 19 companies, including:

• 9 technology companies, including 4 in software
• 4 health/life-sciences companies
• Companies also in the food, business services, aviation and financial services sectors
• Companies with combined annual revenues of over $300billion and combined workforces of over 800,000 worldwide
• Companies with operations already in Ireland as well as companies who may be considering investing here for the first time
• Members of the US media

Before departing, Minister Bruton said:

Foreign direct investment forms a key part of this Government’s strategy

for growth and jobs. Multinational companies are responsible for 250,000

jobs and over €19billion of direct spend in our economy, and a string of

announcements over recent weeks from world-leading companies including

Apple and Mylan shows that these companies increasingly see Ireland as a

location where they can invest and create jobs. Through the Action Plan for

Jobs we are determined to build on this, and develop deeper relationships

with more multinational companies to create more jobs.