Written answers
Tuesday, 13 May 2014
Department of Finance
Ministerial Travel
Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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226. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department intend to take between now and the end of 2014; if he will detail whom they will be meeting with on these trips; the purpose of the trip; the duration of the trip; if there are plans to use all of these trips to promote Ireland as a good place for doing business and as a destination for foreign direct investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21858/14]
Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, I normally attend the meetings of the Eurogroup and the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (Ecofin) each month. These regular meetings provide an important opportunity to engage with my fellow EU Finance Ministers and members of the European Central Bank. From time to time there are additional special Finance Ministerial meetings but as of now the schedule of meetings for the remainder of the year is as follows:
Greek Presidency
Luxembourg
Eurogroup 19 June
Ecofin 20 June
Italian Presidency
Brussels
Eurogroup - July 7
Ecofin - July 8
Milan
Eurogroup - 12 September
Informal Ecofin 12&13 September
Luxembourg
Eurogroup - 13 October
Ecofin - 14 October
Brussels
Eurogroup - 6 November
Ecofin - 7 November
Brussels
Eurogroup - 8 December
Ecofin 9 December
In addition to the above meetings, I also plan to attend the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington from 10 to 12 October, 2014.
I also plan to visit Singapore and China from 26 October to 2 November, 2014.
Each visit I undertake is used to promote Ireland and to build strong relationships that enable us to influence decisions which affect our interests.
Minister of State Hayes has no proposed visits currently scheduled.
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