Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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273. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the name of all internal reports and research studies conducted or commissioned by her Department and the agencies under her aegis since June 2016 on Brexit regarding SMEs, exports, trade and tariffs; the publication date of all such studies; the reports and research studies that remain incomplete; the date they are expected to be completed; and if each publication will be published. [53687/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Deputy will be aware of the various research projects underway in my Department to help build an understanding of the possible implications of Brexit on Ireland for enterprise, consumers and trading relations. These studies will provide an evidence base to inform Ireland’s policy positions as part of the wider negotiation on the UK’s future relationship with the EU and further mitigation measures to respond to Brexit.

The details of Brexit related research currently being commissioned by my Department are as follows:

- A survey “Brexit – The View of Irish SMEs” was commissioned in December 2016, and was published in May 2017

- A subsequent survey “Brexit Vote – The impact on Irish SMEs and their Capital Funding” was commissioned in July 2017, and has been completed. It is due to be published in Q1 2018.

- The study into the “Strategic Implications arising from EU-UK Trading Patterns” was commissioned in June 2017, is on target for completion at the end of 2017 with key findings due to be published in Q1 2018.

- The study into “Firm level implications arising from Brexit: Most exposed sectors” was commissioned in June 2017 with key findings due to be published in Q2 2018.

- The study on the “Import Content of Irish Exports and Implications of Brexit” was commissioned in September 2017 and is due to be completed by Q1 2018 and published in Q2 2018.