Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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83. To ask the Taoiseach if he has held meetings with Ireland's religious leaders or orders recently. [13177/17]

Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Like public representatives generally, I meet church leaders informally from time to time in the course of attending official or public events. Last year in particular, with the 1916 commemorations, I attended many events that were also attended by representatives from various religious groups.

As Taoiseach in the previous Government I met with representatives from the Catholic Church, Church of Ireland, the Jewish community, the Islamic community, Atheist Ireland and the Humanist Association of Ireland as part of the Structured Dialogue Process. I also met an ecumenical delegation of European Churches in the context of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2013.

I have reported to the House on all the meetings I have held under the Structured Dialogue Process in replies to various Parliamentary Questions since 2013, most recently on the 2nd February and 15th June 2016.

I have not held any meetings under the Structured Dialogue Process since the General Election.