Joe Higgins (Dublin West, Socialist Party)
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To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met the new United States Secretary of State, John Kerry. [12510/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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I first met with the new US Secretary of State John Kerry at a working dinner hosted by the Italian Foreign Minister for EU colleagues in Rome on 27 February last during the Secretary of State’s visit to Europe and the Middle East. I subsequently met and had informal discussions with the Secretary of State in Shannon Airport on 6 March when he was en route home from that visit.

Our most recent bilateral meeting took place in Washington DC on 18 March at the US State Department during my visit to the US for St. Patrick’s Day when we discussed a range of subjects including Northern Ireland, the Irish economy, international issues including the Middle East peace process, and the prospects for comprehensive immigration reform in the US.