My programme of official foreign trips planned between now and the end of 2015 includes the following Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings:
18/19 June: Eurogroup/ECOFIN, Luxembourg
13/14 July: Eurogroup/ECOFIN, Brussels
11/12 September: Eurogroup/ECOFIN (Informal), Luxembourg
5/6 October: Eurogroup/ECOFIN, Luxembourg
9/10 November: Eurogroup/ECOFIN, Brussels
7/8 December: Eurogroup/ECOFIN, Brussels
In addition, I currently plan the following official trips abroad:
3/4 June: France: Attendance at the annual OECD Ministerial Meeting which will focus on "Unlocking Growth, the role of Investment, Innovation and Business Climate". I will also undertake a bilateral programme which will include a meeting with my French counterpart Minister Sapin and a meeting with the Franco-Irish Business Community.
3/4/5 July: France: Attendance at an annual French Economic Conference ("15th Recontres Economiques d'Aix-en-Provence"). The final programme for this visit is still being developed but it is expected to be an opportunity to promote Ireland as a place for doing business and to build relationships with key French economic, financial and business figures.
Further official visits abroad in the second half of the year may be planned in the coming period.
Minister of State Harris's programme of visits from now to the end of 2015 includes the following official trips abroad:
8/10 June: Brussels and Frankfurt: Promoting International Financial Services and advancing the IFS2020 Strategy, as well as Enterprise Ireland and & IDA business.
9 September: Frankfurt: Promoting International Financial Services and advancing IFS2020 Strategy goals, as well as conducting Enterprise Ireland and IDA business.
w/c 14 September: Boston and New York: Engaging in a four day promotion of International Financial Services and advancement of IFS2020 Strategy goals and promoting Enterprise Ireland & IDA business.
6 November: London: Attending an Enterprise Ireland Dinner at the Embassy of Ireland and will also promote Enterprise Ireland and & IDA business
13 November: ECOFIN Budget Council, Brussels.