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

I am absolutely conscious of the problem and the issues in the agrisector and with regard to agrifood. I assure the Deputy I have been in touch with Bord Bia. I work very closely with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine to make sure our agribusinesses can compete. Enterprise Ireland and the local enterprise offices are on the same page. We are working towards it and we will be doing our very best. I have put in €3 million in extra staff. I have also given more money to the LEOs in the budget and ensured an extra €50 million was added to the €500 million from 2016.

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It is now 2017 and the budget allocation was €550 million. I will make sure to make that case for our businesses and our companies. Enterprise Ireland will work very closely with me, as will InterTradeIreland.

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