Paul Lawless (Mayo, Aontú) | Oireachtas source

The Government has announced a huge St. Patrick's Day delegation to the United States in recent days. The Tánaiste has been outlining the importance of these trips to his Cabinet. They are very important and the Cabinet should undergo an intense level of diplomatic training.

In previous years, there were a significant number of mistakes. The former Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, snubbed a high-level executive meeting with business people who have invested billions of euro in the Irish economy. I am not sure if that was before his inappropriate comments in relation to Monica Lewinsky for which he was forced to apologise. More recently, the Tánaiste called the US President a "gowl". Will the Taoiseach commit to ensuring the Cabinet undergoes training to ensure these mistakes are not made again this year?

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