Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 October 2018
176. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if the Minister of State, Deputy Breen, will publish minutes and a schedule of meetings he has had with a person (details supplied) and a company or representatives of that person and company; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42808/18]
View answer177. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation if she and-or her departmental officials have met a person (details supplied) and-or representatives of companies in the past two years to date; if so, if she will publish a schedule of those meetings and the associated minutes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42814/18]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 177 together.
Records indicate that a meeting with the company in question took place in the Department on 30th January 2018. The meeting was attended by Minister Halligan and Departmental officials. The meeting was not attended by the named individual referred to by the Deputy. I have asked that the minute of the meeting be sent to you.
Please see below a schedule of meetings that Minister Breen held with the person or company (re. details supplied), which includes one speaking engagement at an event that the Minister attended in June 2016 on request from the Department of Foreign Affairs, and two meetings recorded in the Departmental diary for October and December 2016. No Departmental officials attended these two meetings and the Department is not in possession of minutes for either meeting.
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Details |
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2 June 2016 |
At the request of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Minister Breen made some closing remarks at the launch of ALTV – a video/social media site owned by Granahan McCourt – at which David McCourt was present |
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20 October 2016 |
Breakfast meeting with David McCourt at Merrion Hotel |
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2 December 2016 |
Meeting with Chairman and CEO of Shannon Group at which David McCourt was present |
The Deputy may also wish to refer to the statement of 11th October 2018 by Minister Breen which is available at: https://merrionstreet.ie/en/News-Room/Releases/Statement_by_Minister_of_State_Pat_Breen.html.
For completeness, I also wish to advise the Deputy that I met with a representative of Enet in December 2016 in my previous role as Minister for Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs. The meeting was not attended by the named individual referred to by the Deputy. I was accompanied by a Department official at this meeting which related to matters now under the remit of the Department of Rural and Community Development.
