Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Yes, they are. Five members of staff are working in the Department's dedicated Brexit unit, which is one of the responses in place to deal with Brexit. As Tánaiste, I chair the co-ordination group that meets the agencies as part of the planning of the Brexit response. I have already chaired one of those meetings. An internal cross-divisional group of senior officials, chaired by the Secretary General of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, is overseeing the implementation of our Brexit response. There is also a cross-departmental Brexit trade and investment group at assistant secretary level. Within the Department and across the Government, there is a focus on co-ordinating the response to Brexit, which will affect many Departments and sections.