5-city IDA mission to East, South and Mid-West to target investments fromworld-leading and start-up companies in technology and life-sciencesThe Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, will
depart on Sunday 29th April to lead a five-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 five full days of 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”.
“During this busy week I will be meeting 19 companies from a wide range of
sectors who are considering creating new jobs in Ireland. When I meet
senior executives from multinationals like these, they are increasingly
impressed by what Ireland has to offer as a gateway to a stable European
market. They are generally interested to hear about Ireland’s skilled
workforce, our pro-business environment, our tax offering, our base of
multinationals already here, and also about any developments that might
affect our relationship with Europe. I look forward to hearing their
concerns and telling them that Ireland is open for business, open for
investment, and my hope is that this will lead to more jobs announcements
in the near future”.
ENDS
NOTES FOR EDITORS
This is the eighth major trade/investment mission the Minister has
travelled on since taking office, following:
·Three IDA investment missions, two to the USA east coast, one to the
west coast
·Two Enterprise Ireland trade missions, one to Saudi Arabia and India,
one to the south-eastern USA, accompanied by a total of 80 Irish
companies looking to break into new export markets
·A 7-day joint IDA/EI mission to China led by the Taoiseach
·A Saint Patrick’s Day trip to the west coast of the USA, which
included several meetings with IDA and EI target and client companies
Extracts from the Minister’s schedule as follows:
Sunday, April 29th 2012
16:15Arrive Boston
Monday, April 30th 2012
07:00Meeting with Health/Life Sciences company
09.30Meeting with technology/chip development company
11.00Meeting with technology/voice recognition technology company
12.30Meeting with technology/software company
15.00Meeting with technology/software company
18.40 Flight Departs for Raleigh, NC arriving at 20:55
Tuesday 1st May 2012
08:00Meeting with technology/communications company
09:15Meeting with technology/software company
11:30Lunch meeting with technology/software company
14:45Fly to Atlanta (arrive 16:15)
19:00Dinner with target company
Wednesday 2nd May 2012
09:00Meeting with technology company
12:05Fly to Minneapolis (arrive 13.45)
15:30Meeting with food company
16:45Meeting with health/life sciences company
Thursday 3rd May 2012
09.00Meeting with business services company
10.30Meeting with health/life sciences company
13:10Fly to Chicago (arrive 14:30)
16:00Meeting with health/life sciences company
19:30Dinner with existing and potential IDA clients
Friday 4th May 2012
08:00 Meeting with member of US media
09:00 Meeting with technology/e-commerce company
10:30Meeting with target company
12:00Lunch with financial services company
13:45Meeting with financial services company
15:00Depart for Airport
18.45Return to Dublin