Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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163. To ask the Taoiseach the details of engagements, meetings or correspondence that he has had with a person (details supplied) in the past three years. [43400/18]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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As I stated in the House on the 11th October 2018, I was invited by Science Foundation Ireland to present Mr. David McCourt with the Science Foundation Ireland St. Patrick's Day Medal at a public event held in Washington DC in March 2018 at which the media were present and which was reported at the time. I had no other meeting or discussion with Mr McCourt. We did not discuss the national broadband programme.

Mr McCourt wrote to me on two occasions, in June 2017 congratulating me on my appointment and seeking a meeting to discuss his portfolio of companies, and in 2018 to invite me to launch his book. The 2017 correspondence was acknowledged by my office, and an email declining the invitation to launch his book was issued to the 2018 correspondence.