Foreign Affairs Committee to discuss the role of Dept of Foreign Affairs in trade promotion with Chambers Ireland

Committee Chairman, Pat Breen TD said: “As a business organisation that provides a range of services to businesses to develop and strengthen international trade links and trade in overseas markets, Chambers Ireland is well-placed to give a perspective on how the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is contributing, and can contribute, to trade promotion and economic recovery.

“We are keen to hear from Chambers Ireland representatives on the role they see the Department and Irish embassies playing in managing, organising and promoting international trade and how they may coordinate their efforts with business representative organisations.

“This is the latest in a series of meetings the Joint Committee is holding with Departmental officers, representatives of State Agencies, business networks and private sector organisations to gather information on how trade promotion is being coordinated, the Department’s role in that work and how effective that coordination is. We will also review the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade’s high-level strategies in the economic/trade promotion area.”

The meeting will start in Committee Room 1, Leinster House at 2.30 pm on Wednesday, 13th February 2013.

Committee proceedings can be followed live at:
http://www.oireachtas.ie/parliament/watchlisten/

For further information please contact:

Ciaran Brennan,
Houses of the Oireachtas,
Communications Unit,
Leinster House,
Dublin 2

P: +3531 618 3903
M: 086-0496518
F: +3531 618 4551

Committee Membership

Seán Crowe, TD
Pat Breen, TD (Chairman)
Eric Byrne, TD
Olivia Mitchell, TD
Bernard J Durkan, TD
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, TD
Gerald Nash, TD
Dan Neville, TD
Maureen O’Sullivan, TD
Brendan Smith, TD

Senators

Deirdre Clune,
Mark Daly,
Lorraine Higgins,
Michael Mullins,
David Norris,
Jim Walsh.