Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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40. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the contact he has had with the United States of America Administration in regard to the cancellation of President Trump's visit. [37581/18]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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It was announced by the White House on Friday 31 August that the US President proposed to visit Ireland in November as part of his trip to Europe to commemorate the end of the First World War. As the Deputy will be aware, this visit has since been postponed, with the US Administration citing scheduling reasons.

Discussions on the proposed, and subsequently postponed, visit took place between the Government and the US Administration at official level, led by Ireland’s Embassy in Washington, D.C. Officials in my Department were also in regular contact with the US Embassy in Dublin about the visit.

There are frequent and ongoing contacts between the Government and the US Administration at Ministerial and official level on the wide range of issues of mutual interest, and on international issues.