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Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Small and Medium Enterprises Supports (10 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 263. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the status of the development of a business advisory hub for SMEs; the timeframe for development of this hub; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22219/17]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 95. To ask the Taoiseach if he will provide a timeframe and expected date for publication of adaptive sectoral response plans for Brexit; and the position regarding the progress of these plans [23321/17]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Site Acquisitions (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if an enforceable contract has been finalised for the purchase of a site (details supplied); if a price has been agreed; if a closing date has been agreed; if there are conditions precluding the agreement of a closing date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23206/17]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: I thank Mr. Callinan for his contributions. On the issue of a veto, we have an unprecedented situation in British-Irish relations where all through history, through the good times and the bad, the relationship was always negotiated between Ireland and Britain. For the first time in history, the future of Ireland's relationship with the UK will be negotiated between the UK and a third party....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: There are two obvious issues in respect of which to seek a veto. One is a veto on the withdrawal only as it pertains to Northern Ireland. The second would be to seek a veto, which is what the Spanish have achieved, on the future relationship only in so far as it pertains to Anglo-Irish relations. I will give Mr. Callinan an example of where European law and existing Anglo-Irish agreements...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: Usually the point of a veto is not to exercise it. The point of a veto is that it gives one leverage. What concerns me is that the British have very little leverage in these negotiations and the Irish have even less. By far the most important economic, political and cultural relationship Ireland has ever had, or is ever likely to have, is with the UK. That, however, is now being largely...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Brexit - Recent Developments and Future Negotiations: Discussion (16 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: A new survey on jobs and trade by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation shows that 15 out of 20 Irish-owned companies surveyed believe that Brexit will damage them in some way. Despite that, only three in 20 companies have done anything about it and only five in 20 intend doing anything about it, which suggests a big skills gap. These are sophisticated businesses that live in...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Brexit Issues (17 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 80. To ask the Taoiseach if work has commenced on the paper on the economic challenges of Brexit as referenced in the programme for Government annual report 2017; the specific topics that will be covered in this paper; and the expected publication date of this paper. [23563/17]

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: Everyone in the House agrees that Brexit presents one of the biggest challenges the country has faced in decades. We do not know how hard it will be, but it is obviously the Government's job to prepare the country as well as possible. Unfortunately, it is becoming increasingly clear that we are not as prepared as we should be in several areas. There has been a focus on the Good Friday...

Leaders' Questions (18 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: The Minister's response goes to the heart of what is causing increasing concern among farmers, agrifood companies and Irish-owned SMEs because they know Brexit is coming and it will harm them but many of them do not know what to do about it and they are looking to the State for support. His response is consistent with that of the Taoiseach and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade,...

Questions on Promised Legislation (18 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: First, I wish to acknowledge the departure of An Taoiseach, Deputy Kenny, and should have done so earlier. I also wish to acknowledge his work over the years in very difficult times, and I wish him and his family the very best. I wish to ask the Minister about the possibility of the introduction of a supplementary budget before budget 2018, specifically in the context of what we spoke...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Information and Communications Technology (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 275. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding that is available for the provision of information technology access and training for older persons (details supplied) [25049/17]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government: Information and Communications Technology (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 287. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government the funding that is available for the provision of information technology access and training for older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24234/17]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Information and Communications Technology (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 328. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the funding that is available for the provision of information technology access and training for older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24233/17]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Trade Agreements (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 367. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the implication for the Brexit negotiations of the ECJ ruling on the trade agreement between the European Union and Singapore; the implications of this ruling in the context of the Irish negotiation position; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24195/17]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Information and Communications Technology (23 May 2017)

Stephen Donnelly: 594. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the funding that is available for the provision of information technology access and training for older persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24235/17]

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?