Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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34. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation further to Parliamentary Question No. 105 of 11 July 2017, when a reply will issue. [38292/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy had requested information on "the number of staff recruited since the Brexit referendum in June 2016 in all individual State agencies and bodies under her aegis including the IDA, Enterprise Ireland, LEOs, InterTradeIreland and the HSA; the number of staff in each such agency and body recruited since 1 January 2017, in tabular form" and my Department has now been able to bring the relevant data together as follows:

* Of the 10 staff recruited by InterTradeIreland, ITI has identified 5 of these as replacement posts.

On establishment, staff in the Local Enterprise Offices were employed either by the Local Authority for each LEO or by Enterprise Ireland. Any new staff appointed to the LEOs since establishment is a matter for the Local Authorities. Under an agreement between this Department and the Local Authorities the total minimum complement of staff for the LEOs nationwide is 178.

While not all of these roles are Brexit-specific; the work of many agencies is impacted by Brexit and my Department has prioritised the Brexit challenges and works closely with the agencies, actively keeping requirements in this regard under review.