Ministerial Meetings

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 23 November 2017

Thursday, 23 November 2017

Ceisteanna (186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194)

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

186. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in the United Kingdom in the past six months. [49714/17]

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

187. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in France in the past six months. [49715/17]

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

188. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in Germany in the past six months. [49716/17]

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

189. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in Italy in the past six months. [49717/17]

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

190. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in Northern Ireland in the past six months. [49718/17]

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

191. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in Scotland in the past six months. [49719/17]

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

192. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in Wales in the past six months. [49720/17]

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

193. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in Canada in the past six months. [49721/17]

Seán Sherlock

Ceist:

194. Deputy Sean Sherlock asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the engagement he has had with his counterpart in the United States in the past six months. [49722/17]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment

I propose to take Questions Nos. 186 to 194, inclusive, together.

The following table sets out engagements I have had with my counterparts in the countries listed in the Questions.  I have not met with my counterparts from the United States, Wales or Northern Ireland in the past six months.

Engagements	Counterparts
Environment Council, Luxembourg – June 2017	Ms Thérèse Coffey, UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment
IEA, Paris – June 2017	Mr Carlo Calenda, Italian Minister of Economic Development
Leinster House, Dublin – July 2017	Ms Catherine McKenna, Canadian Minister for Environment
Leinster House, Dublin – October 2017	Ms Catherine McKenna, Canadian Minister for Environment
Environment Council, Luxembourg – October 2017	Ms Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish Cabinet Secretary for Environment
	Ms Thérèse Coffey, UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Environment
	Mr Gian Luca Galletti, Italian Minister for Environment
Green Growth Group Ministerial meeting, Luxembourg – October 2017	Mr Jochen Flasbarth, German State Secretary for the Environment
Telecoms Council, Luxembourg – October 2017	Mr Mounir Mahjoubi, French Minister of State for Digital Affairs
IEA Ministerial, Paris – November 2017	Mr Richard Harrington, UK Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for Energy and Industry
	Mr Jim Carr, Canadian Minister of Natural Resources
COP23, Bonn – November 2017	Mr Jochen Flasbarth, German State Secretary for the Environment

In addition to engagements with the Countries specified in the Questions I have also met with my counterparts from a number of other Countries; these engagements are set out in the following table.  

Telecoms Council, Luxembourg – June 2017	Mr Peter Eriksson, Swedish Minister for Housing and Digital Development
	Mr Karol Okonski, Polish Under-Secretary of State, Ministry of Digital Affairs
Environment Council, Luxembourg – June 2017	Mr Jan Szyszko, Polish Environment Minister
	Ms Carole Dieschbourg, Luxembourg Environment Minister
	Mr Andrä Rupprechter, Austrian Agriculture & Environment Minister
	Mr László Sólymos, Slovakian Environment Minister
	Dr. Sándor Fazekas, Hungarian Environment Minister
	Mr. Esben Lunde Larsen , Danish Minister for Environment and Food
	Mr Kimmo Tiilikainen, Finnish Minister for Environment
	Mr Kaspars Gerhards, Latvian Minister for Environmental Protection
IEA, Paris – June 2017	Mr. Aziz Rebbah, Moroccan Minister of Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development
Environment Council, Luxembourg – October 2017	Dr. Sándor Fazekas, Hungarian Environment Minister
	Mr Neno Dimov, Bulgarian Minister for Environment and Water
	Mr Kimmo Tiilikainen, Finnish Minister for Environment
Telecoms Council, Luxembourg – October 2017	Mr Álvaro Nadal, Spanish Minister for Energy, Tourism and Digital Agenda
IEA Ministerial, Paris – November 2017	Mr Kimmo Tiilikainen, Finnish Minister for Energy
	Mr Ibrahim Baylan, Swedish Minister for Energy
COP23, Bonn – November 2017	Ms Isabella Lövin, Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation and Climate, and Deputy Prime Minister
	Mr Kimmo Tiilikainen, Finnish Minister for Environment
	Mr. Esben Lunde Larsen , Danish Minister for Environment and Food
	Ms Carole Dieschbourg, Luxembourg Environment Minister
	Ms Dominique Gantenbein, Liechtenstein, Ministry for Home Affairs, Education and Environment
	Mr Andrä Rupprechter, Austrian Agriculture & Environment Minister
	Mr Kstutis Treiokas, Lithuanian Ministry of Environment

The engagements listed in the tables were both formal and informal and discussions covered a wide range of topics.