Andrew Doyle (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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167. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland has been invited to take part in celebrations in Croatia upon their accession to the European Union and becoming the 28th member State of the EU on 1 July 2013; the representatives who will be there on Ireland's behalf; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22920/13]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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I am honoured to have been invited by the First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs of Croatia, Ms. Vesna Pusiç, to attend the central celebration on the occasion of Croatia’s accession to the EU to be held in Zagreb on 30 June. Ireland very much looks forward to welcoming Croatia as the 28th Member State of the EU on 1 July.