Written answers
Tuesday, 12 October 2010
Department of Defence
Official Travel
9:00 am
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael)
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Question 553: To ask the Minister for Defence the number of overseas trips he has undertaken since he assumed his role as Minister for Defence; the locations to which he has travelled; the duration and purpose of each visit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36145/10]
Tony Killeen (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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Since I was appointed as Minister for Defence on 23rd March 2010, I have travelled on three separate occasions in my capacity as Minister for Defence. Information on this travel is set out below.
| Duration of Trip | Destination | Purpose of Visit |
| 25th to 26th April 2010 | Luxembourg | A meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council with Defence Ministers |
| 23rd to 24th September 2010 | Ghent, Belgium | Meeting of the EU Defence Ministers |
| 26th to 28th September 2010 | Kosovo | To visit the Irish troops serving with KFOR |
| Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina | To visit the Irish troops serving with EUFOR |
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