Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 23 March 2023

Public Accounts Committee

2021 Financial Statements of Enterprise Ireland: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Catherine MurphyCatherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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Finally, I am intrigued by the UK figures that increased by 15% to 8.4 billion and the eurozone increased by 10%% to 6 billion.

Obviously, the eurozone is a much bigger area. It is one of the reasons we argue that it is a benefit in being involved in the European Union. I am surprised at that figure. Is there a Brexit issue in relation to an adjustment in how those figures are presented in terms of them being exports because the UK is now a third country or what accounts for that?