Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 26 October 2005
180 Mr. P. McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the foreign conferences attended by him since June 2002; and the number of public servants and others included in the entourage for each such conference. [30810/05]
View answerFrom 1 June 2002 until 29 September 2004, my predecessor Deputy Cowen, attended the following foreign conferences:
|
Conference |
Venue |
Date |
|
Regional EU Conference on Conflict Prevention |
Helsingborg, Sweden |
29-30 August 2002 |
|
Meeting of the Conference on Disarmament |
Geneva |
16 March 2004 |
|
OSCE Conference on Anti-Semitism |
Berlin |
28-29 April 2004 |
In addition, the Intergovernmental Conference, IGC, on the European constitution met on 11 occasions between October 2003 and June 2004. With the exception of the IGCs of October and November 2003, which took place in Rome and Naples respectively, the IGC meetings took place in Brussels.
Since my appointment as Minister for Foreign Affairs on 29 September 2004, I have attended the following foreign conferences:
|
Conference |
Venue |
Date |
|
International Conference on Iraq |
Brussels |
22 June 2005 |
|
7th Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons |
New York |
2 May 2005 |
Exact details of the number of public servants and others included in the delegation for each conference are not to hand. In general, I would be accompanied by my private secretary, a press officer and a small number of officials from the sections of the Department whose work pertains to the conference in question. On occasion, I may also be accompanied by my special adviser. For the review conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in May 2005, the delegation also included a representative of the Irish non-governmental organisation, NGO, community.
