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Minister Bruton on FDI initiative to USA
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 strategyfor growth and jobs. Multinational companies are responsible for 250,000jobs and over €19billion of direct spend in our economy, and a string ofannouncements over recent weeks from world-leading companies includingApple and Mylan shows that these companies increasingly see Ireland as alocation where they can invest and create jobs. Through the Action Plan forJobs we are determined to build on this, and develop deeper relationshipswith more multinational companies to create more jobs.
Read the full press release and details of the Minister's schedule here.