Mick Barry (Cork North Central, Solidarity)
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210. To ask the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings with heads of government and heads of state at the margins of the NATO summit in Madrid. [38140/22]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I attended a EuroAtlantic dinner in Madrid on Wednesday 29 June, hosted by Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. The dinner was attended by the leaders of all EU Member States, as well as members of NATO. While it took place in the margins of the NATO Summit, it was a separate event.

While in Madrid I had a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Karl Nehammer of Austria, a country that, like Ireland, is not in NATO. We discussed current EU issues, including Russia’s war on Ukraine and the upward pressure this is putting on prices, especially for energy and food.

I also had the opportunity to engage with a range of leaders attending the dinner including US President Biden; Prime Minister Trudeau of Canada; Prime Minister Støre of Norway and Prime Minister Jakobsdottir of Iceland as well as many of my EU colleagues.

During my visit I also addressed a reception for clients of our enterprise agencies in Spain.