Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not going to repeat it. The relevant figures are €3 million and €52 million to help towards Brexit and to help the enterprise companies. This is the first time that we have secured a 10% increase in the budget in the past 15 years. I cannot spell it out in a stronger way.

Deputy Quinlivan referred to InterTradeIreland. Obviously, the company has a major role in North-South relations. I absolutely take on board the point that North-South trade and business could be impacted in many ways by the UK withdrawal from the EU.

Already, InterTradeIreland has published a fact sheet for companies providing helpful information on this issue. InterTradeIreland will review and adjust its supports, if necessary. A series of information sessions for companies are being organised by InterTradeIreland at present. It will also monitor business needs and challenges through the business monitor survey process. In the first half of 2016, InterTradeIreland had the following activity highlights: the job creation impact figure was 739, with a full-year target of 1,100; the first-time innovative companies figure was 32, from a full-year target of 56; and the figure for first-time exporter companies was 40 from a full-year target of 50.

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