Mary Butler (Waterford, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister. I will start. We will stick with programme A. The Minister explained subhead A..7 very well. Enterprise Ireland has made savings of €24.4 million. The Minister explained where this income has come from, that is, own-resource income. My question concerns Brexit, which will be upon us very shortly. Was any consideration given to directing some of that funding into preparing more staff for Brexit? We heard last year that moneys were allocated to additional staff in Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland. Does the Minister feel her Department and its agencies are sufficiently staffed for Brexit, or was any consideration given to allocating some of that money to hiring further staff?