Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation
Economic Impact of Brexit: Discussion (Resumed)
4:30 pm
Mr. Paddy Malone:
On networking, the chambers of commerce provide mutual support and advice, but, as Mr. McGrane said, at the end of the day, it is dog eat dog. Sometimes we find our friend will devour us; therefore, we must be careful. The chambers of commerce have been doing several things. We are putting on the website everything Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland come up with. We have been trying to make available as much information as possible. InterTradeIreland, an organisation based in Newry, has been predominant in this regard. It is holding a national conference the week after next in Dundalk to try to get information out to various businesses and advise them. We encourage people to network, but, at the end of the day, the currencies are outside our control and we must live with them.