Mr. Niall O'Donnellan:

The whole organisation is focused on Brexit. Our regions had a conversation yesterday about Brexit with the LEOs as to what our companies are saying in the Border region and our response to that. In this case, we are likely to hold a workshop targeting those particular groups of companies. We reckon there are 60 companies in the Enterprise Ireland portfolio which are particularly exposed to the UK. The LEOs have another 100 companies. We will have a workshop either this side of Christmas or in January focusing on those companies to make them aware of and to prepare for changes as a result of Brexit. The whole organisation is focused on it and the Brexit co-ordination unit supports the organisation.

In the Budget Statement, the Minister focused on extra resources for the organisation, particularly in competitiveness and innovation which will focus on helping our companies to respond to Brexit. This will be coupled with an increased number of staff overseas to help companies diversify into other markets.