Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 4 July 2023
143. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if the Irish Ambassador to the United States has spoken with the Governor of the State of Virginia in the US to date in 2023. [32667/23]
View answerIreland’s Embassy in Washington DC, as our representative office in the United States, leads on Ireland’s political, economic, and people-to-people relations across the United States. In addition to the Embassy’s engagement on a national scale, it also has consular responsibility for Washington, DC and the surrounding states of Virginia, Maryland and West Virginia.
Ireland's Ambassador to the United States has not has not yet had the opportunity to meet with the Governor of Virginia in 2023. However, officials from our Embassy, including the Ambassador, have in recent years visited and met with Irish and Irish American groups in Virginia, including the Irish American Society in Virginia Beach and the Coastal Virginia GAA.
