Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Government deliberately beefed up Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland, which are very active in this field. We have 1,500 companies in the country exporting to the United Kingdom, and we are very conscious of that fact.

I take Deputy Donnelly at his word. He is telling me that business leaders in London are telling him that there is nothing happening on the ground. Let us do a deal here. If he gives me the names of the business leaders I will see that they are called together and given the full regime in terms of what is happening so that they will hear about the work that we are at and the extent of the connections. They will then know that what they are saying to the Deputy is inadequate in terms of its veracity and extent.

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