Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 19 June 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Statement of Strategy 2018-2021: Engagement with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation

4:00 pm

Dr. Orlaigh Quinn:

I will pass that on. I thank the Deputy and I appreciate it.

On the global footprint and additional staffing, we received an additional €3 million in the budget last year and €3 million in the budget the previous year specifically for Brexit. We divided that between Enterprise Ireland, which got the vast bulk, and also IDA Ireland, InterTradeIreland and the Health and Safety Authority, because particular aspects of its work is affected by Brexit. In addition, we have established a Brexit team within the Department. We have put in proposals to increase our global footprint which is part of the budget discussions. We will make our case for that as strongly as we can.