Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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89. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the planned meetings of Brexit sherpas in 2018. [54450/17]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The Second Secretary General in the Department of the Taoiseach acts as Ireland's Sherpa. In this capacity, he meets and exchanges views regularly with his EU counterparts on a range of EU issues, including those in relation to Brexit.

At this time, no formal meetings of Sherpas have yet been scheduled for 2018 however, communication is on going and regular.