Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

As I said in my earlier response, no detailed arrangements have been agreed yet regarding the visit. I hope to visit Washington and perhaps New York around St. Patrick's Day, and to meet with different interests there as my predecessors have done in the past. We have had no indication yet of any change to arrangements that have become established in recent times. I should not anticipate agreement on any issue until it is forthcoming, officially.

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