Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Question 136: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs if he will be travelling abroad for the St. Patrick's Day festivities; and if so, the location he will be visiting; the functions he will be attending; and the groups he will meet with. [9936/06]

Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)
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I will be representing the Government in Boston at a number of engagements, events and festivities to celebrate and mark St. Patrick's Day in the USA.

My itinerary includes an address that will focus on Ireland's knowledge economy to the Irish Association at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and an address at a breakfast to mark the expansion of the operations of the Irish software company — Candidate Manager. I will also speak at an Irish-American partnership breakfast, and address an Ireland Chamber of Commerce, ICCUSA, St. Patrick's Day brunch.

I will also be meeting Irish immigration organisations and support groups located in the Boston area and attending the formal opening of a major new exhibition at the JFK Library on President Kennedy's visit to Ireland in June 1963.