Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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122. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the timeline for completion of the OECD and her Department's review of SME and entrepreneurship issues and policies here. [18535/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, I was delighted to launch the Review of SME and Entrepreneurship issues and policies in Ireland with my colleague Pat Breen, T.D., Minister of State for Trade, Employment, Business, EU Digital Single Market and Data Protection and the Secretary General of the OECD Ángel Gurría on 8 March 2018.

This will be a collaborative body of work led by my Department and the OECD with considerable input from across Government (Departments and Agencies) and stakeholders. It will see a comprehensive review of the SME business ecosystem and policies, using OECD expertise in a structured and defined process. It is intended that the resulting recommendations and issues identified by the report will then form the basis of a long term SME Strategy for Ireland, which will be developed by my Department. The review document and a strategy roadmap will be completed by the OECD within 18 months of commencement.

The review officially began with a daylong consultation process between my Department, OECD, State Agencies and other Government Departments on 12 April 2018.