Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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123. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the economic division of his Department. [43545/20]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The economic division of my Department assists me and the Government in developing and implementing policy across relevant areas including economic growth and job creation, infrastructure and housing, climate action and social dialogue. This work is focused, in particular, on the delivery of commitments in the Programme for Government, for example the development of a new national economic plan, as well as co-ordination of issues which cut across multiple Departments. The economic division supports the work of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Investment, the Cabinet Committee on Housing, and the Cabinet Committee on the Environment and Climate Change. The division also leads Ireland's participation at the annual European semester process, liaises with the Central Statistics Office, prepares the National Risk Assessment, and provides me with briefing and speech material on economic and related policy issues. In addition, the division jointly leads work on preparedness for Brexit along with the Department of Foreign Affairs and other divisions of my Department.