Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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276. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he or officials from his Department have engaged in any form of communication with the World Economic Forum or representatives of the World Economic Forum including by phone call, webinar, email or any event organised by the World Economic Forum from 1 January 2019 to date; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14165/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I wish to advise the Deputy that I have not had any engagement with the World Economic Forum since my appointment as Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.  This is also the position with regard to officials of my Department.

I have been advised that my predecessor as Minister attended the 2019 meeting of the World Economic Forum which took place in Davos and participated in a panel entitled “Rethinking Taxes: Creating a Fair and Balanced System”.  He also attended an IDA dinner and held a number of bilateral meetings with key international partners in the financial and political sphere.