Ministerial Travel

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2014

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Questions (567)

Terence Flanagan

Question:

567. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide details of all official foreign trips she and Ministers of State in her Department plan to take before the end of 2015; if she will provide the names of the persons she and Ministers of State in her Department will meet on these trips; the purpose of the trips; the duration of the trips; if there are plans to use all of these trips to promote Ireland as a good place for doing business and as a destination for foreign direct investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48030/14]

Written answers

Minister for Education and Skills

At this stage, there are currently no overseas trips planned between now and the end of 2015 for either myself or Minister of State, Damien English T.D.

However during the course of the year there will be three meetings of the Education Council which will require Ministerial attendance. These generally occur in February, May and December but the details have yet to be circulated by the General Secretariat to the Council of European Ministers.

Every opportunity to promote Ireland as a good place for doing business is availed during all overseas travel.