Maurice Quinlivan (Limerick City, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

We will be delighted to see the Minister in Limerick, or the region, or anywhere she is delivering jobs because that is what our work here is all about.

To return to the matter of IDA Ireland site visits, I got figures from the Minister during the summer. The 2015 figures were disappointing for some counties. She spoke about regions but County Cavan had no site visits last year and we cannot lump that county in with the other regions. County Carlow had only one site visit last year and nine counties had five or fewer site visits last year. Those countries need to be considered.

I am glad the Minister mentioned the local enterprise offices, LEOs, and she said their profile needs to be raised. She indicated there might be an overspend in the LEOs this year. Does she intend to bring forward a Supplementary Estimate to cover the LEOs before the end of the year? That relates to page 29 of the programme.

The Minister mentioned Brexit, which most members have raised. We have met stakeholders, people in the North who are very concerned about Brexit and the uncertainty it has unfolded. This committee has not met since the Brexit decision was taken by the people in the UK. I understand the Minister has been appointed to a Cabinet subcommittee on the issue of the Brexit. Has she specifically sought additional funding to deal with the possible adverse effects of Brexit, especially for the small and medium enterprises, companies in the food industry and those engaged in cross-Border trade?

On the credit guarantee scheme, will the Minister explain why we have no figure for output for 2015? That relates to page 24 of programme A.