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Industrial Development

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 27 January 2026

Tuesday, 27 January 2026

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Paul Donnelly

Question:

424. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide a list maintained by the IDA of Texas headquartered companies with operations in Ireland. [5553/26]

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Central to IDA Ireland’s strategy, ‘Adapt Intelligently: A Strategy for Sustainable Growth and Innovation, 2025-29’ is an emphasis on partnering with the existing base of 1,800 clients from across the globe to identify opportunities to safeguard and strengthen their long-term investment in Ireland. IDA supports clients to increase the competitiveness of their Irish operations through investment in research, development & innovation, digitalisation, talent development and sustainability, positioning them to capture new growth opportunities.

The strategy also includes an ongoing focus on identifying new opportunities associated with FDI growth drivers of AI & digital, semiconductors, sustainability and health. These growth drivers are well aligned to the core sectors and territories in Ireland’s existing FDI base and will help shape IDA’s continued focus on attracting new investment to Ireland.

IDA Ireland enjoys strong partnerships with US investors and these partnerships have been built over many decades. In 2025, there were 216 investments from North American companies, accounting for over 11,800 new jobs, and including 43 first time investments from new name companies.

Currently, there are approximately 1,090 North American client companies in IDA’s portfolio employing over 228,300 people directly in Ireland. 42 of these are companies are headquartered from Texas, employing more than 10,120 people throughout Ireland. Through increased VC investment, Texas is developing a growing presence in Technology, Content Consumer & Business Services and Engineering sectors, predominantly located around Austin, Dallas & Houston.

The table below lists the 42 Texas-headquartered companies with operations in Ireland.

Company

Alliance Strategies

Altair Global Services, LLC (Parent)

Ara Partners

AT&T Cybersecurity

Baker Hughes Incorporated

BMC Software

Crane Worldwide Logistics

Cyrus One

Dell Technologies Inc.

DeMars & Associates, Ltd.

Dimensional Fund Advisors

Ever.Ag (Dairy.com)

FileCloud

Flex Ltd.

Forcepoint LLC

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

HID Global

Hudsonadvisors LLC

Industrial Info Resources

Innowatts

Integer

Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated

Loop1 Systems Incorporated

Match Group (Parent)

Maxio (formerly Chargify)

McKesson Corporation

National Instruments Corporation

North American Aircraft Services INC

Oracle

Overhaul Inc

Rochester Sensors Inc.

Simply NUC Inc.

SLB (Schlumberger Ltd)

SLS Consultants

Solarwinds Net Incorporated

TaskUs

Trailstone Group (Englehart)

Tricentis

Virtus Partners

Western Well Tool Incorporated

WP Engine

Wursta

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