Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 18 Oct 1994

Vol. 445 No. 9

Written Answers. - Northern Ireland Visits.

Austin Currie

Question:

150 Mr. Currie asked the Minister for Justice the number of occasions on which she has visited Northern Ireland since the Government was formed; the date, venue and purpose of each visit; and the same information in relation to the Minister or Ministers of State, if any, at her Department. [1543/94]

Minister for Justice (Mrs. Geoghegan-Quinn)

I have visited Northern Ireland on Government business on five occasions since the Government was formed, details of which are set out as follows.

Date	Venue	Purpose
23 March 1993	Belfast	Anglo-Irish Inter- governmental Conference
14 October 1993	Belfast	Ministerial visit to Secretariat
3 November 1993	Belfast	Anglo-Irish Inter- governmental Conference
25 April 1994	Belfast	Anglo-Irish Inter- governmental Conference
23 May 1994	Carraquill, County Fermanagh	Opening of the Shannon-Erne Waterway

The Minister of State at my Department has not had occasion to visit Northern Ireland to date in relation to matters for which my Department has responsibility.