Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am not sure what the Deputy is getting at. I do not recall meeting the Society of the Irish Motor Industry for photographs. The table I have details 251 engagements, from January to the end of November. Most of them involved issues of employment and job opportunities. As the Deputy knows, one goes to Cork or Clare or wherever, where there is a list of invitations to attend other events but one cannot be at all of them. During the course of the year, I met a number of caring organisations and groups who deal with the elderly, young people or very young children. It is not a case of not wanting to meet any of these groups. The actual responsibilities clearly rest with the Ministers and Ministers of State in question who are involved in the issues on a full-time basis. As the occasion arises and if an opportunity presents itself for me to meet groups or organisations, I am only too happy to oblige. However, one can never get around to meeting as many as one would want to, nor does one wish to take from the important work Ministers and Ministers of State have to engage with in the performance of their duties.

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