Pat Gallagher (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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1237. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made to date on the new Atlantic economic corridor, in particular the proposals relating to County Donegal; the proposals his Department is examining; the budgets earmarked for same; the timeframe for the delivery of the overall project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1758/18]

Michael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The Atlantic Economic Corridor task force was established in March 2017 and will report to my colleague Minister Ring in the Department of Rural and Community Development.  The taskforce is chaired by the Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, Sean Kyne T.D., and includes senior representatives from the business sector, Government Departments, other public bodies and third level institutions. 

With regard to the agri-food sector for the country as a whole, the Food Wise 2025 strategy includes more than 400 specific recommendations, spread across the cross-cutting themes of sustainability, innovation, human capital, market development and competitiveness as well as specific sectoral recommendations. 

The Government is strongly committed to the implementation of the Food Wise strategy. I will chair the ninth meeting of the Food Wise High Level Implementation Committee, including senior officials from relevant Departments and State agencies, next week on the 24th January 2018.