Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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300. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of staff dedicated to managing Ireland's response to the decision of the United Kingdom to exit the European Union; the structure of this team; how it will work with teams in other Departments; who has overall responsibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20309/16]

Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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​The coordination of my Department's response to the UK exit from the EU is led by the Principal Officer in the Policy and Governance Coordination Division of my Department. The Officer is assisted by the EU Coordination Unit within that Division consisting of three officers at Assistant Principal, Higher Executive Officer and Executive Officer level. The Principal Officer represents my Department on the high level Inter Departmental Group chaired by the Department of an Taoiseach and is also responsible for keeping myself and the senior management of the Department appraised of developments, evolving risks and contingency plans.

The Government Contingency Framework, published in the immediate aftermath of the UK referendum, is an iterative process and as issues emerge and recede in the course of negotiations, my Department will be monitoring the evolving situation and will work with the Department of the Taoiseach, with other Government Departments and with our agencies in identifying and preparing contingency plans and actions and inputting these into the overall Government Framework.