Billy Kelleher (Cork North Central, Fianna Fail)
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128. 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 (details supplied) by company size in tabular form. [27318/18]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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To be resilient to economic shocks, such as Brexit, Irish exporting companies need to be innovative, competitive and have a diversified global footprint. Enterprise Ireland’s focus for 2018 is to help client companies build on the strength of their 2017 performance by putting an increased emphasis on market diversification, driving innovation and competitiveness.

In addition to the agency’s increased focus on market diversification, innovation and competitiveness, Enterprise Ireland (EI) is undertaking a programme to promote companies’ awareness of and level of preparedness for Brexit which to date has included the launch and development of a Brexit SME Scorecard, an interactive online platform which can be used by all Irish companies, both clients of EI and non-clients, to self-assess their exposure to Brexit under six business pillars. There have been 2311 engagements on the scorecard to date.

The following table presents a breakdown of companies that have engaged with a Brexit Scorecard by company size: