Ministerial Meetings

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 12 March 2014

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Ceisteanna (53)

Patrick Nulty

Ceist:

53. Deputy Patrick Nulty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times he and officials in his Department have met a company (details supplied) or its representatives since he took office; if he will provide details, in tabular form, of the dates of each meeting; the names of the company representatives involved; the titles of the departmental officials involved; the reason for each meeting; the matters discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12373/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

I met the owner of the named company in New York in February 2012 at an “Invest in Ireland” roundtable discussion hosted by former President Clinton when the Taoiseach and I briefed potential investors over the course of that event. On a separate occasion, in 2011, our Consulate General in New York made a meeting room available to a non-governmental organisation supported by Irish Aid, to facilitate a meeting of the management of that organisation and some of its field workers from Haiti. One of those welcomed by the Consul General was the owner of the named company.