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Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Ministerial Meetings (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 520. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings he has had with officials from Bord Bia on Brexit-related matters in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25416/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Welfare (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 536. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has developed proposals to maintain an all-island approach to animal health and disease issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25406/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Cashflow Support Loan Scheme Data (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 537. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of loan applications made under the cashflow support loan scheme by county; the number of applications accepted; and the value of the loans made in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25407/17]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Brexit Issues (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 538. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of businesses which have accessed the Bord Bia Brexit barometer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25408/17]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ministerial Meetings (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 586. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of meetings he has scheduled with other EU ministers regarding Brexit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25420/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 632. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has identified the sectors most vulnerable to divergence of standards in the context of Brexit; if she has estimated the impact on each sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25413/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 633. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of applications made to date in 2017 for the be prepared grant; the number of drawdowns of this grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25414/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 634. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of businesses that have completed the Enterprise Ireland Brexit scorecard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25415/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 635. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings she has had with officials from Enterprise Ireland, the IDA and Science Foundation Ireland on Brexit-related matters in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25416/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 636. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of meetings which have taken place with the National Competitiveness Council in the context of Brexit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25417/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Ministerial Meetings (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 637. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times she has met an organisation (details supplied) on Brexit-related matters to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25418/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Departmental Agencies Staff Recruitment (30 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 638. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of vacancies for Brexit-related posts within the IDA, Enterprise Ireland and Science Foundation Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25419/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (25 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 261. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the funding allocated to State agencies in 2017 to hire additional staff as a result of Brexit; the number of staff that will be hired by agency; the numbers hired to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25108/17]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Brexit Issues (25 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 262. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if her Department has examined the way in which Brexit may potentially contribute to greater regional imbalance in terms of employment here; the specific measures she plans to implement to mitigate against this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25109/17]

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: Both witnesses are very welcome. Their opening statement is to the point. It is pretty blunt and pretty sobering. I would like to pick up on Mr. Daly's very welcome emphasis on Irish-owned companies. There is a danger with such strong total export figures last year, being the highest on record, that we miss the fact that Irish-owned companies account for only 13%. While the...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: Everyone is working hard to try to get a transition period after Brexit, from March 2019 onwards. It is by no means certain, however. If a cliff is reached, one of the agreements of which the UK will no longer be part is open skies. What would be the impact on the members of the Irish Exporters Association if the UK were to be outside the open skies policy? The witnesses' submission...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: That is alright. The question is, if a cliff is reached and the UK falls out of the open skies policy with no transition period, what effect will that have on Irish exporters?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: Do I have time for one more question?

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: We would love to have tens of billions of euro to spend on capital but, with the best will in the world, that is going to be very difficult in the short term. Do the witnesses have an estimate for the level of funding that would get us to the point of being good enough? Their statement lays out very starkly that there are serious capacity constraints across a range of transport and export...

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Capital Investment Plan (Resumed): Irish Exporters Association (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: Thank you.