Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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111. To ask the Taoiseach if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in his Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the sub-committee has met; and the number of members on the sub-committee [36211/16]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Cabinet Commitee on Brexit has met three times to date, on 8 September, on 19 October and on 7 November, for in depth discussion of the issues arising from the UK decision to leave the European Union. The Cabinet Committee will meet next on 24 November.

The Committee oversees the overall Government response, including both the economic impact and the negotiations at EU level and with the administrations in London and Belfast.

The Government response to Brexit is also discussed at the meeting of the Government and also at their Cabinet Committee meetings.

The Cabinet Committee will continue to meet on a regular basis to deal with Brexit related issues. Brexit has been a matter of regular and detailed consideration by Government for some time, both in advance of the UK EU Referendum and since.

Membership of the Cabinet Committee is as follows:-

Taoiseach (chair)

Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality

Minister for Finance

Minister for Social Protection

Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Minister of State for European Affairs, Data Protection and the EU Single Digital Market

Minister of State for Financial Services, eGovernment and Public Procurement

Other Ministers will attend on occasion when appropriate.