Terence Flanagan (Dublin North East, Independent)
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299. To ask the Minister for Finance 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 details of whom he and the Ministers of State in his Department will be meeting on these trips; the purpose of these trips; the duration of these trips; his 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. [20440/15]

Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael)
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My programme of official foreign trips planned between now and the end of 2015 includes the following Eurogroup and ECOFIN meetings:

18/19 June: Eurogroup/ECOFIN, Luxembourg

13/14 July: Eurogroup/ECOFIN, Brussels

11/12 September: Eurogroup/ECOFIN (Informal), Luxembourg

5/6 October: Eurogroup/ECOFIN, Luxembourg

9/10 November: Eurogroup/ECOFIN, Brussels

7/8 December: Eurogroup/ECOFIN, Brussels

In addition, I currently plan the following official trips abroad:

3/4 June: France: Attendance at the annual OECD Ministerial Meeting which will focus on "Unlocking Growth, the role of Investment, Innovation and Business Climate".  I will also undertake a bilateral programme which will include a meeting with my French counterpart Minister Sapin and a  meeting with the Franco-Irish Business Community.

3/4/5 July: France: Attendance at an annual French Economic Conference ("15th Recontres Economiques d'Aix-en-Provence").  The final programme for this visit is still being developed but it is expected to be an opportunity to promote Ireland as a place for doing business and to build relationships with key French economic, financial and business figures. 

Further official visits abroad in the second half of the year may be planned in the coming period. 

Minister of State Harris's programme of visits from now to the end of 2015 includes the following official trips abroad:

8/10 June: Brussels and Frankfurt: Promoting International Financial Services and advancing the IFS2020 Strategy, as well as Enterprise Ireland and & IDA business.

9  September: Frankfurt: Promoting International Financial Services and advancing IFS2020 Strategy goals, as well as conducting Enterprise Ireland and IDA business.

w/c 14 September: Boston and New York: Engaging in a four day promotion of International Financial Services and advancement of IFS2020 Strategy goals and promoting Enterprise Ireland & IDA business.

6 November: London: Attending an Enterprise Ireland Dinner at the Embassy of Ireland and will also promote Enterprise Ireland and & IDA business

13 November: ECOFIN Budget Council, Brussels.