1. Winning Foreign Direct Investment
Annual Conference 2018
Michael Lohan
Head Lifescience & Strategic Property
IDA Ireland
Video

2. Competitive Environment
Michael Lohan
IDA Ireland

3. IDA Ireland – Global Reach

4. Portfolio of Companies Irish Economy Expenditure
900 Investments
80,000
New Jobs
IDA Ireland Targets
209,000
FDI Employment by 2019
Target
(2015 – 2019)
Uplift
Investments
900
41%
Gross Jobs
80,000
29%
Net Jobs
35,000
40%
Portfolio of Companies
1,350
13%
Cumulative R&D Spend
€3bn
20%
Irish Economy Expenditure
€26.8bn

5. IDA Performance in 2017 5

6. Some Announcements from 2017

7. What todays Investors Seek
Talent
World Class Infrastructure:
Access, energy, telecoms
Environment and waste
Property solutions
Business services
Attractive lifestyle and amenities
Clusters of similar and supporting services
Open Innovation
Competitiveness
Certainty and Clarity
Connected Ecosystems

8. Ireland’s Marketing Proposition

9. Collaboration - Team Ireland
Competitiveness
Pro-Business Policies

10. Impact - Jobs announcements in Mid-West
23 announcements over past 2 ½ years creating 3,500 new jobs

11. IDA Advanced Building Solutions
Sligo
Aerie Pharma
Opko Health
Castlebar
Dundalk
Athlone
Galway
Abbott
Limerick
Carlow
2017 Plans
Waterford
Tralee
Dundalk AOB Tender stage
Limerick AOB Contract Awarded
Waterford ATB Contract Award Stage
Galway ATB Tender Stage

13. Take Away Ireland’s key assets are our people:
1st in the World for flexibility & adaptability of workforce1
1st in the World for a national culture that is open to foreign ideas1
1st in the World for availability of finance skills1
2nd in the World for attitudes toward globalization1
3rd most productive workforce in the world1
We consistently rank amongst the best countries in the World to invest and do business in
Best Country in Western Europe to invest in
1st in EU for ease in starting a business4
4th best country in the world to do business in 20165
1st in the World for inward investment by quality and value2
1st in the EU and 6th in the world for the ease with which business can pay its taxes4
Advocates for STEM and related career opportunities
1.IMD Competitiveness Yearbook 2017
2.IBM Global Location Trends Report 2016 (per capita)
3.Global Best to Invest Report, Site Selection, May 2015
4. The World Bank Doing Business
5. Forbes “Best Country in the World to do Business 2016” (Sweden #1, New Zealand #2, Hong Kong#3)

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