Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 December 2004
230 Mr. O’Dowd asked the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the foreign locations visited by him and his predecessor on official business since 2002; the names of all advisers who accompanied him and his predecessor on each occasion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33924/04]
View answerThe information sought is set out in the following table. All listed business engagements prior to the EU Environment Council on 13-14 October 2004 were undertaken by my predecessor, Deputy Cullen. Engagements from this point forward have been undertaken by me.
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Date |
Destination |
Official Party Accompanying Minister |
Business Involved |
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2002 |
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18-20 July 2002 |
Denmark (Sonderberg) |
Conor Falvey, Geraldine Tallon |
Danish Informal Environment Council |
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30 Aug-5 Sept. 2002 |
Johannesburg |
Niall Callan, Maurice Coughlan Conor Falvey, John Kelleher, Monica Leech, Dan Pender, Geraldine Tallon |
World Summit on Sustainable Development, |
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20-21 October 2002 |
The Hague |
Conor Falvey, Monica Leech, Dan Pender, Geraldine Tallon |
Ospar Arbitration Oral Hearing, |
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8-9 December 2002 |
Brussels |
Conor Barry, Donal Enright, Conor Falvey, John Kelleher, Monica Leech, Dan Pender, Geraldine Tallon |
Environment Council |
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2003 |
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15-20 January 2003 |
London |
Renee Dempsey, Conor Falvey, Alice McAndrew, Geraldine Tallon |
3rd Meeting of the British Irish Council Environment Sector |
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13-16 February 2003 |
Edinburgh |
Conor Falvey, Mary Moylan, Dan Pender |
Meeting with Scottish Minister for Social Justice |
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3-4 March 2003 |
Brussels |
Conor Falvey, John Kelleher, Dan Pender, Geraldine Tallon |
Environment Council |
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7-19 March 2003 |
Brazil |
Conor Falvey, Dan Pender |
St. Patrick’s Day Visit |
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25 April-1 May 2003 |
New York |
Conor Falvey, Bart Felle, Monica Leech, John Kelleher, Brian McKeon, Dan Pender, Geraldine Tallon |
UN Commission on Sustainable Development |
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20-23 May 2003 |
Kiev, Ukraine |
Conor Falvey, John Kelleher, Brian Leech, Monica Leech, Geraldine Tallon |
5th Ministerial UNECE Conference Environment for Europe in Kiev |
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14-18 September 2003 |
Prague; Ljubljana, Slovenia (via Munich); Warsaw (via Vienna); Budapest |
Noeleen Behan, Conor Falvey, John Martin, Mary Moylan, Owen Ryan, Geraldine Tallon |
Pre-Presidency Visit to Accession Countries and attendance at the 13th Conference of Ministers for Regional Planning in Slovenia |
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4-6 October 2003 |
Rome, Italy |
Donal Enright, Conor Falvey, Geraldine Tallon |
Informal high-level meeting preparing for COP 9 (UN Climate Change Convention) |
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19-20 November 2003 |
Stockholm |
Noeleen Behan, Conor Falvey, Monica Leech, Dan Pender, Owen Ryan, Geraldine Tallon |
Pre Presidency Visit |
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27 November-1 December 2003 |
London, UK |
Renee Dempsey, Conor Falvey, Dan Pender; Owen Ryan, Geraldine Tallon |
Meetings with Office of the Mayor of London, Meeting with Secretary of State, Margaret Beckett |
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10-11 December 2003 |
Milan, Italy |
Donal Enright, Conor Falvey, Minister of State Gallagher, Dan Pender, Brendan Quinn, Geraldine Tallon |
Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties to U N Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP 9) |
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17 December 2003 |
Berlin |
Noeleen Behan, Conor Falvey, Dan Pender, Owen Ryan, Geraldine Tallon |
Pre Presidency Visit |
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2004 (Irish Presidency Period) |
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19-20 January 2004 |
Brussels |
Conor Falvey, Feargal O’Coigligh, Dan Pender, Geraldine Tallon |
Minister’s address to Environment Committee of the European Parliament |
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11-20 February 2004 |
Malaysia |
Philip Buckley, Alan Craig, Marie Dromey, Conor Falvey, Noel Foley, Forest Service, Graeme Fox, Patrick Gernon, Patrick Gilheaney, John Gorman, Matthew Jebb, Naomi Kingston, Brian Leech Monica Leech, Deirdre Lynn, Deirdre Maloney, Tom McLoughlin, (Environment Protection Agency), Mary Moore, Christopher O’Grady, Ciaran O’Keeffe, Tom O’Mahony, Dan Pender, Owen Ryan, Tara Shine Dept. Foreign Affairs, Josephine Walsh, Patrick Warner, Ronan Whelan |
High Level Segment of Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Malaysia |
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1-2 March 2004 |
Brussels |
Maurice Coughlan, Sean Dunne, Donal Enright, Conor Falvey, Minister of State Gallagher, John Kelleher Brendan Quinn, Owen Ryan, Geraldine Tallon |
EU Environment Council |
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18- 21 April 2004 |
Paris |
Maurice Coughlan, Conor Falvey, Pat Gilheaney, Monica Leech, Dan Pender, Geraldine Tallon, Petra Woods |
OECD — Environmental Policy Committee (EPOC) Ministerial Meeting in Paris |
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24-30 April 04 |
New York |
R. Connolly, Fergus Doyle, Conor Falvey, Bart Felle, Jim Ganley, John Kelleher, A MacDiarmada, B McKeon, Dan Pender, A Quinn, Geraldine Tallon, Liam Whelan |
Commission on Sustainable Development |
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27-28 June 2004 |
Luxembourg |
Nuala Bannon, Maurice Coughlan, Conor Falvey, Minister Gallagher, Dan Pender, Brendan Quinn, Owen Ryan, Geraldine Tallon |
EU Environment Council |
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13 October-14 October |
Luxembourg |
Cathy Bruton, Tom O’Mahony, Ríona Ní Fhlanghaile |
EU Environment Council |
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13 December-18 December |
Buenos Aires |
Cathy Bruton, Feargal O Coigligh, Tom O’Mahony, Conor Ó Raghallaigh, Owen Ryan, Michael Young |
10th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change |
