Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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27. To ask the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on infrastructure, environment and climate action will take place. [20727/17]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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The Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure, Environment and Climate Action meets regularly. The last meeting of the Committee took place on 15 May 2017. The next meeting of the Committee will be scheduled shortly.

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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31. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on Brexit has met since June 2016. [21845/17]

Seán Haughey (Dublin Bay North, Fianna Fail)
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32. To ask the Taoiseach the number of times the Cabinet committee on Brexit has met since January 2017; and if he will report on the Government's publication, Ireland and the negotiations on the UK's withdrawal from the European Union. [21847/17]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 31 and 32 together.

The Cabinet Committee on Brexit has met 3 times in 2017 on 26 January, 8 March and 26 April. It has met a total of 8 times since its first meeting on 8 September 2016.

On 2nd May, the Government published a comprehensive document on Ireland and the negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union under Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union.

Following on from this publication, work will begin shortly to prepare a further paper on economic implications of the Brexit challenge. This will draw on the work to date across Departments, which will be developed to mitigate emerging sectoral challenges. These plans will build on ongoing cross-Government research, analysis and consultations with stakeholders, and will reflect the core economic themes of the Taoiseach's speech to the IIEA on 15 February last including:

- sustainable fiscal policies to ensure capacity to absorb and respond to economic shocks, not least from Brexit;

- policies to make Irish enterprise more diverse and resilient, to diversify trade and investment patterns, and to strengthen competitiveness;

- prioritising policy measures and dedicating resources to protect jobs and businesses in the sectors and regions most affected by Brexit;

- realising economic opportunities arising from Brexit, and helping businesses adjust to any new logistical or trade barriers arising;

- making a strong case at EU level that Ireland will require support that recognises where Brexit represents a serious disturbance to the Irish economy.