Ministerial Travel

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 May 2015

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Questions (1036)

Terence Flanagan

Question:

1036. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end of 2015; if he will provide details of whom he and the Ministers of State in his Department will be meeting on these trips; the purpose of these trips; the duration of these trips; his 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 he will make a statement on the matter. [20448/15]

Written answers

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport

Currently, I have one official foreign engagement confirmed in 2015, to attend a European Transport Council meeting in Luxembourg on 11 June.  Ministers Ring and Phelan currently have no overseas engagements scheduled between now and the end of 2015.

  The Deputy will appreciate that foreign travel can be for a range of business reasons, including attendance at EU Council meetings, missions to promote tourism and bilateral engagement with Ministers of other Governments.  It is likely that further 2015 engagements for these purposes will be confirmed in due course.