Secondary Economic Activities In The GDA

Question 1

What factors influence manufacturing I the GDA?

Answer 1

Dublin is an economic core region and primate city with 1,300 manufacturing plants

In the 1900s over has of irish manufacturing was In Dublin

Since then it has fallen due to government policies to disperse manufacturing industry’s to other urban centres

Dublin region still has 28% of irish manufacturing output, employing 100,000 people

The two manufacturing activities associated with Dublin are the computer industry and food processing

GDA has many human factors such a sa young population with 45% under the age of 25

The population is wealthier than average as the wages are 10% higher than EU average

The GDA has a well developed transport system, extensive road and rail network

70 % of all goods are transported by road in Ireland

Irelands main sea and airport are located in dublin and act as a gate play into the large EU market of 500 million