Ministerial Travel

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 May 2015

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Ceisteanna (349)

Terence Flanagan

Ceist:

349. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation 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 details of whom he and the Ministers of State in his Department will be meeting on these trips; the purpose of these trips; the duration of these trips; his 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. [20443/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

So far in 2015, Ministers of State in my Department and I have undertaken trade and investment missions to the Gulf Region, India, France, Sweden, Denmark, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic. In the course of these missions, we have met with executives and representatives from a wide range of business sectors, bodies and organisations and also with Government Ministers and officials from Ministries in the countries visited. All of these missions which are supported by Enterprise Ireland and IDA, and with participation by other development agencies as appropriate, are specifically focussed on both promoting Ireland as a location for investment and promoting exports from Ireland. For the rest of 2015 it is planned to have trade and investment missions to the USA, China, India, Germany and the Netherlands.

Travel to Brussels and other EU locations for the purposes of attending EU Council meetings and other events is also a regular requirement.