Niall Collins (Limerick County, Fianna Fail)
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282. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of companies that have completed the Brexit scorecard to date since it was established, by company size (details supplied), in tabular form. [53664/17]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The Brexit Scorecard was launched by Enterprise Ireland in March 2017. It is an interactive online platform which can be used by Irish companies to self-assess their exposure to Brexit.

Businesses that complete the online questionnaire are assessed on their levels of preparedness under six key pillars - Business Strategy, Operations, Innovation, Sales and Marketing, Finance and People Management. On completion, the Scorecard generates a report which contains a number of suggested actions that businesses can take to prepare for Brexit, alongside other resources such as information on upcoming events across the country.

The Scorecard is available to all companies looking to develop an action plan to help mitigate risks and leverage opportunities which may arise from Brexit. To date 1,909 companies have used the EI Brexit Scorecard to help assess their level of preparedness for Brexit. This included both EI clients and non-EI clients.

For Enterprise Ireland clients, a ‘Be Prepared Grant’ has been introduced, which offers up to €5,000 in funding to support exporting client companies develop a Brexit Action Plan.

The breakdown of the 1909 companies that have completed the Brexit Scorecard, are contained in the table below.