Written answers
Tuesday, 29 April 2008
Department of An Taoiseach
Official Engagements
9:00 pm
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 92: To ask the Taoiseach the meetings, in Ireland or abroad, he has had for each of the past three years in an official capacity with Heads of States, Government Ministers or other representatives of Governments from non-OECD countries; the date and location of such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16536/08]
Bertie Ahern (Dublin Central, Fianna Fail)
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I outline in the following table the list of meetings I have had with Heads of State, Government Ministers and other representatives of Governments from non-OECD countries over the past 3 years.
| 2005 | |
| Meeting | |
| 18th January â Beijing | Courtesy Call on President Hu and meetings with Premier Wen, and Minister of Commerce, Bo. |
| 21st January â Hong Kong | Meeting with Mr. Tung Chee Hwa, Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. |
| 3rd February â Dublin | Courtesy Call on Taoiseach by Lithuanian Foreign Minister Anton Valionis. |
| 11th February â Sofia, Bulgaria | Meetings with President Paranov and Prime Minister Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. |
| 16th February â Dublin | Meeting with Prime Minister Bethuel Pakalitha Mosislli of Lesotho. |
| 3rd May â Dublin | Meeting with Prime Minister Anton Rop of Slovenia. |
| 9th May â Moscow | Ceremony to mark the 60th Anniversary of the end of WW2. Meeting with President Putin. |
| 23rd May â Warsaw | Meeting with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader of Croatia at Council of Europe. |
| 20th June â Dublin | Meeting with President Svetozar Marovic of Serbia and Montenegro. |
| 7th July â Rome | Meeting with His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, Rome. |
| 28th-29th November â Zagreb | Meeting's with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader, President of Parliament of Croatia Mr. Vladamir Seks, and President Stjepan Mesic. |
| 12th December â Dublin | Meeting with President Paranov of Bulgaria. |
| 2006 | |
| Meeting | |
| 19th January â New Delhi, India | Courtesy call on Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India. Meeting with H.E. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India. |
| 8th February â Dublin | Meeting with Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs Borys Tarasyuk. |
| 2nd March â Dublin | Meeting with Croatian Prime Minister Ivo Sanader. |
| 17th May | Visit of Governor of Aceh, Mustafa Abubakar. |
| 25th September â Dublin | Meeting with Vice Premier Zeng of China. |
| 16th November â Dublin | Visit of Ms. Phumzile Mlambo Ngcuka, Deputy President of South Africa. |
| 7th December â Dublin | Visit of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt. |
| 2007 | |
| Meeting | |
| 16th January â Saudi Arabia | Meeting with King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia. |
| 17th January â Dubai | Meeting with Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai. |
| 8th October â Dublin | Meeting with Prime Minister Kirkilas of Lithuania. |
| 2008 | |
| Meeting | |
| 13th January â Pretoria | Meetings with President Mbeki and Deputy President Mlambo Ngcuka of South Africa. |
| 15th January â Dar es Salaam | Meetings with President Kikwete and Prime Minister Lowassa of Tanzania. |
| 18th February â Dublin | Visit of Prince Faisil of Saudi Arabia. |
| 26 February â Ljubljana | Meetings with President Turk and Prime Minister JanÅ¡a of Slovenia. |
| 10th March â Dublin | Visit of Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung of Vietnam. |
| 9th April â Dublin | Visit of Deputy President Mlambo Ngcuka of South Africa. |
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