Ministerial Travel

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2014

Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Ceisteanna (312)

Terence Flanagan

Ceist:

312. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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 the names of the persons he and Ministers of State in his Department will meet on these trips; the purpose of the trips; the duration of the trips; if there are 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. [48026/14]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine

At this point in time, my plans, and those of my Ministers of State, for official foreign visits for 2015 are not yet finalised. However, it goes without saying, that any foreign travel undertaken next year by the Ministers of State and I, will be with a view to promoting Ireland as a good place for doing business, as a supplier of high-quality sustainably-produced food and beverages and as a destination for foreign direct investment. I will, of course, attend the regular meetings of the EU Council of Agriculture Ministers in Brussels and Luxembourg.