Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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637. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of times she has met an organisation (details supplied) on Brexit-related matters to date in 2017; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25418/17]

Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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As part of my Department’s extensive engagement programme following on from the UK vote to leave the European Union, my officials have met with colleagues from, amongst others, the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland to develop appropriate responses to address the needs of SMEs impacted by Brexit.

In April 2017, I secured agreement from the Cabinet Committee for Economy, Trade and Jobs to

- Continue work on developing a Brexit Working Capital Scheme

- Scope out the need for a longer term Business Development Loan Scheme

- Explore and scope the development of a Business Advisory Hub for SMEs

My Department is working alongside colleagues in SBCI, the Department of Finance, Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and Enterprise Ireland in the development and scoping of these schemes and in the exploration and development of a Business Advisory Hub.

I expect that contact between officials in SBCI and officials in my Department will be ongoing as this work progresses.