Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed)

2:10 pm

Photo of Trevor Ó ClochartaighTrevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That InterTradeIreland has a certain relationship with regard EU funding was touched on. Apart from that, how many of InterTradeIreland's client companies north of the Border would have a dependency on or some form of an income stream from EU funding of some sort? They may be primary producers that are availing of CAP moneys or whatever or other research funding, etc. How do the witnesses see that impacting on their businesses and their ability to produce at a reasonable cost base and to innovate given the funds they may have got to do research or product development of whatever from a European perspective? Even from an education point of view, people living in the North will not be able to avail of some of the Erasmus opportunities to study in other European countries where there may be expertise in a particular area or field. Do the witnesses see that having an impact on the resources, that is, the people working in the companies that InterTradeIreland is working with?

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