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A Government Minister claims investment is being put into Clare to protect the county's IDA-supported jobs. It comes as data from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment has revealed the number of people employed in Clare as a result of foreign direct investment has dipped under 6,000 for the first time in a decade. The level of growth in jobs supported by the Industrial Development Agency in the Midwest region as a whole was just 2.6% last year compared to 5.8% in the Midlands. Speaking during a visit to Clare, Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, Trade and the Employment, Emer Higgins, has been telling Clare FM's Seán Lyons the Government is prioritising regional development to ensure counties like Clare remain as attractive as urban centres like Dublin.