Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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150. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a Brexit sub-committee has been established in her Department; if so, when the sub-committee was convened; the number of times the sub-committee has met; the number of members on the sub-committee; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36208/16]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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A Departmental committee was established in April 2016 to examine issues which may impact on the Department's areas of responsibility following a UK vote to leave the EU. The committee is chaired by an Assistant Secretary and consists of nine members from across relevant Divisions within the Department. The committee, as a whole, has met three times to date - 28 April, 1 July and 13 September. There is also regular ongoing engagement between relevant Divisions within the Department, coordinated by the Department's International Policy Division. Weekly progress updates are provided to the Department's Management Board on the analysis and preparations underway.

In addition, the Department chairs and is represented on a number of sectoral Brexit workgroups established by the Department of the Taoiseach to provide key sectoral or thematic advices to the Cabinet Committee on Brexit and to the Government.