Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein)
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I thank the Minister and his officials for coming this morning and for the overview of the Estimates. I apologise in advance that I have to go to another meeting, so I will not be able to stay for the entirety of the meeting.

I want to ask about the exporters accelerator programme and the plan to deliver 2,000 new exporters by 2030. This is an important area of our economy and it deserves significant attention. This is welcome. In percentage terms, has the Minister a target for increasing the SMEs exporting? Currently, 6% of SMEs export, which is very low. They themselves would acknowledge that. What does the Minister believe is achievable between now and 2030 in terms of growth?