Mr. Mark Skerritt:

I thank Deputy Quinlivan for the question. My job is to manage the Brexit advisory service. We deal directly with those companies and encourage them to act upon their plans. The Deputy is right in identifying that we are seeing more interaction and engagement with companies based in and around the Border region, which might be expected to some extent. We have mapped out where we see some gaps in terms of penetration for those vouchers. In particular, they fall down the west coast, through the midlands, down around Munster and back up into Dublin. We have events in Derry for Sligo, Cork, Mullingar and Wexford and a joint event with Enterprise Ireland in Cootehill, County Cavan in March. Members have been made aware of the fact that there has already been some take up in the Border region. We are also running those events in partnership with local SME stakeholders - either with local chambers of commerce or local enterprise offices. We are looking to increase the number of service providers with a local voice and local expertise on our panel into which SMEs can tap to help them get the greatest benefit from the vouchers.