Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Engagement with Chairpersons Designate of Public Bodies

4:00 pm

Mr. James Kennedy:

Yes. I feel strongly that we should consider all of the good things the NSAI is doing, which are technical, and that very good staff are involved. We should stand back a little for the moment. We have the strategy plan, but we need to look into where Brexit will lead us and how we can further support the work of the IDA and Enterprise Ireland, which are our sisters within the Department. We are planning to meet them. Ms Geraldine Larkin and I were at the IBEC conference this morning, where we were again pushing out the good news that the NSAI is here to help business and Ireland. We will also meet IBEC.