Why Ireland for FDI

AGN World Conference

Barry O’Dowd,

Head of Emerging Business & New Forms of Investment,

IDA Ireland

IDA’s New Strategy 2015-2019

IDA Ireland’s Mission & Vision

Information & Communication

Technologies

Life Sciences & Food

Engineering, Industrial &

Clean Industries

Content Industry, Consumer

& Business Services

International Financial

Services

IDA Ireland Business Focus

IDA Ireland - Structure & Role

Government

Department of Enterprise, Jobs & Innovation

IDA Board

Overseas Offices

Sector Divisions

Regional Offices

Irish Government Agency with a

mandate to secure Foreign Direct

Investment into Ireland.

An autonomous body with its

own Board of 12 appointed

members plus IDA CEO.

Targeting long-term, sustainable

investments from leading

corporate investors.

Austin

Beijing

IDA Ireland Overseas Offices

Strong activity in first half 2016

110 FDI investment projects creating 9,000

jobs; 10% up on H1 2015.

100+ High Growth Companies have chosen Ireland

“Ireland offers us fantastic access to multiple language capabilities from a tech savvy and

educated population…”

(Jeremy Stoppelman, Co-Founder and CEO, Yelp, June 2014)

April 2016 $400m 400 jobs New biologics manufacturing campus in Piercetown, County Meath

March 2016 $85m N/A Construction of purification and sterile filling plant in Dublin (Albumin purification)

May 2015 $580m 200 jobs Construction of company’s first Bio Manufacturing facility outside the US in Dublin (Solaris)

Nov 2014 $900m 350-400 jobs New large-scale biologics manufacturing facility in Dublin –Immunotherapy antibodies

Apr 2014 $100m 200 jobs Global supply chain, quality fill finish and packaging in Dublin and Athlone (Solaris)

Feb 2014 $60m 50 jobs Sterile fill finish manufacturing & development site in Roscommon

Aug 2013Oct 2015

$300m$290m

300 jobs200 jobs

New biotech drug substance facility announced for Limerick. Expansion of drug substance biotech facilities

Feb 2013 $55m Employs >500 Investment in Biotech fill finish campus in Waterford(Lantus)

Apr 2012 $420m 200 jobs New Biotech bulk facility in Cork

Apr 2012 $200m 300+ jobs Investment in biologics fill finish in Dublin

Apr 2012 $500m 700+ jobs Investment in two strategic sites respiratory and sterile fill finish in Dublin and Galway

Jan 2012 $350m 200 jobs Investment in biologics fill finish manufacturing & development in Mayo (Botox)

$4bn Recent Biotech Investment Wins

Recent Medtech Investment Wins

Technology Companies in Ireland

Impact of Foreign Direct Investment

Ireland continues to be the fastest growing economy in Europe.

Source: DJEI ABSEI 2015and Employment Survey 2015

Exports grew 14% in 2015 - €129bn in est. exports

Growing supply base - €13.9bn of purchases from

Irish suppliers

Corporation tax revenues for 2015 were 10% higher

than 2014

IDA client employment reached 187,056* in 2015 –

highest in IDA history-€9bn payroll

9 of the top 10 global software companies &

global pharmaceutical corporations

10 of the top 10 “born on the internet”

companies

More than 50% of the world’s leading financial

services firms

15 of the top 20 global medical technology

7 of the top 10 industrial automation companies

Consumer &

OnlineTechnology Financial Services Life Sciences

Engineering &

Industrial

Ireland’s Marketing Proposition

Thank You

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