31 Beal 2011, 10:04
27 May 2011 – An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD, will address the upcoming 42nd plenary of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly that will take place in the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork from Monday 13 – Tuesday 14 June.
Mr Kenny will provide a keynote address on the Economy to tie in with the Plenary’s theme of “Employment and Economic Recovery” on Monday 13 June.
Other speakers at the plenary will include Frank Daly, Chairman of the National Asset Management Agency, Frank Ryan, CEO of Enterprise Ireland, Peter Byrne, CEO of the newly formed British Irish Chamber of Commerce, and Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland.
The Assembly will also discuss a motion of the murder of PSNI officer Ronan Kerr earlier this year.
The provisional agenda for the conference is:
British Irish Parliamentary Assembly – 42nd Plenary Session
Monday 13 – Tuesday 14 June, Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork
Monday 13 June
9.30am: The Economy and the Export Sector – Frank Ryan, CEO of Enterprise Ireland
11.30am: The Economy – An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny TD
3.00pm: Motion on the murder of PSNI officer Ronan Kerr
4.00pm: Tourism and the Economy – Niall Gibbons, CEO of Tourism Ireland
Tuesday 14 June
10.00am: Address from the CEO of the newly formed British Irish Chamber of Commerce, Peter Byrne
10.45am: Address from the Chairman of the National Asset Management Agency, Frank Daly
Media outlets are welcome to attend or send a representative to the plenary. Those attending are requested to contact Ronan Farren, Q4 Public Relations (contact details below), for further information, accreditation and to make the necessary arrangements.
ENDS
For more info please contact
Ronan Farren,
Q4 Public Relations,
00 353 1 475 1444
00 353 87 934 0386
ronan@q4pr.ie
*The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (formerly the British-Irish Inter-Parliamentary Body) was established in 1990 as a link between members of the Houses of Parliament and the Houses of the Oireachtas. In recent years, membership has been expanded to include representatives of the Scottish Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Welsh Assembly, the High Court of Tynwald (Isle of Man) and the States of Guernsey and Jersey. Two plenary sessions, attended by 68 members and associates, are held every year alternately in Britain and Ireland with ongoing work by four Committees.