Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We certainly are in a position to do that because the Department has secured additional resources to work with industry and support it in the area of job creation, as well as sustaining jobs through the period of Brexit and Covid. I stress again, and the Deputy is in a good position to get this message out there, that we need the companies that will be impacted by Brexit to come forward now. Many have but we know from all the research that a number of companies in every category are not fully prepared for Brexit. There is still time to get fully prepared and we urge them to come forward and avail of the supports we and other Departments can give. We are in a strong financial position to work with and help them. The Deputy is correct that it is not just to sustain the jobs that are there today, but to create extra jobs. We need those companies. They are the employers and the ones we want to work with, to reach out to and to help create more employment. They are well capable of that and we look forward to working with them in the months ahead.

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