Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 June 2018

Public Accounts Committee

2016 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Chapter 14 - Control of Ireland's Bilateral Assistance Programme
Vote 27 - International Co-operation
Vote 28 - Foreign Affairs and Trade

9:00 am

Photo of Alan FarrellAlan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I compliment Deputy Cassells on raising the issue of what I would call an embassy stunt. I do not want to insult anybody but I think it is. Our relationship with the United States transcends one individual and it is far more important for us to maintain relations with the United States rather than having certain difficulties with policies initiated by the US Administration. That is my point of view, not that I am going anyway. A stunt is a stunt. Does the Department have a PR firm to advise it on communication strategies?

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