Ministerial Travel

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 26 May 2015

Tuesday, 26 May 2015

Ceisteanna (963)

Terence Flanagan

Ceist:

963. Deputy Terence Flanagan asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [20439/15]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government

I will be attending an Environment Council meeting in Luxembourg on 15 June 2015. On 2 July, I will attend a dinner hosted by HRH Prince of Wales and the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in London to discuss sustainable development. I will also attend the United Nations High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York in July, the dates/duration of which have yet to be confirmed.

At this point in time, my colleague Minister of State Coffey has only one planned official foreign trip scheduled for 2015. On 27 May he will be in Brussels to meet with the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development to discuss climate matters.

My colleague, Minister of State Phelan has, at this stage, no overseas trips planned for the remainder of 2015.

Other trips may be arranged in due course. Where the opportunity arises, I and my colleagues use all foreign trips to promote Ireland as a good place to do business and as an ideal destination for foreign direct investment.