Declan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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131. To ask the Taoiseach his plans to hold future all-island dialogues on Brexit; and the timeframe for such meetings. [30019/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Engagement with stakeholders is a core feature of the Government’s preparations for Brexit. Two plenary sessions of the All-Island Civic Dialogue have been hosted by the former Taoiseach and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, in November 2016 and in February of this year - a further plenary session will be scheduled in the coming months.

Building on the plenary sessions, the Government launched a series of sectoral All-Island Civic Dialogue events, in order to deepen our analysis across a wide range of sectors. Led by Ministers, these sessions are an invaluable opportunity to engage directly with stakeholders most impacted by Brexit, including on an all-island basis. Seventeen All-Island Sectoral Dialogues have been hosted by Ministers to date, attended by over 1400 industry and civic society representatives from across the island.

All-Island Sectoral Dialogues have been held on the following topics:

- Further Education and Training

- Agri-Food

- Education and Research

- Transport & logistics

- Tourism & Hospitality

- Primary and Secondary Education

- Children & Young People

- Jobs, Enterprise & Innovation

- Energy

- Heritage, Culture & Rural Ireland

- Pensions, Social Welfare Rights & Social Insurance

- Human Rights under the Good Friday Agreement

- Seafood

- Prepared Consumer Foods, Horticulture, Cereals, Tillage, Animal Feed, Forestry

- Alcohol, Brewing and Distilling Sector

- Protecting the Peace across the North West region

- Equine and Greyhound Sectors

A composite report of the outcomes of the first fourteen Sectoral Dialogues is available here: .

The next All-Island Sectoral Dialogue will take place on 3 July, focusing on Enterprise Skills Needs. This event will be jointly hosted by the Department of Enterprise and Innovation and the Department of Education and Skills.