Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I do not mean to minimise the issue but it will require more than a hashtag to prepare for Brexit. Let us not boil it all down to a simple hashtag. As I asked the Minister's predecessor, can she give us a firm commitment today that she will put the changing of state aid rules and increasing the ceiling to a sum in the region of €500,000 on the agenda for the next EU Competitiveness Council meeting? Will she raise it specifically? That is a very straightforward question.

On Brexit, a number of reports were commissioned by the Department and the Minister's predecessor. One was entitled Sectoral Implications Arising from Brexit: Most Exposed Sectors. The Revenue Commissioners published a report that was leaked and on which there was much public commentary. When I previously raised the issue of the first report, I was told an analysis is due to be concluded by the end of the year, that being the end of 2017. All this is against a backdrop of businesses not being properly prepared. In the interest of transparency, informing debate and allowing businesses to prepare themselves, will the Minister publish the reports? Will she give us a commitment that they will be published as soon as possible?

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