Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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455. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of all official foreign trips he and Ministers of State in his Department plan to take between now and the end of 2015; if he will provide the persons he and Ministers of State in his Department will be meeting 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. [48034/14]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Currently, I am scheduled to attend three meetings abroad, up to the end of 2015. These are:

- 9-11 February, 2015, the European Parliament Plenary, Strasbourg;

- 20-21 April, 2015, informal meeting of European Health Ministers, Riga;

- 19 June, 2015, EPSCO Council meeting, Luxemburg.

Currently, Minister Lynch is not scheduled to attend any meetings abroad.

I can assure the Deputy that both Minister Lynch and I will continue to promote Ireland as a good place for doing business and will take every opportunity to encourage direct foreign investment, both at home, and abroad.