Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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749. To ask the Minister for Health if he visited The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto during his recent visit to Canada for St. Patrick’s Day events. [15490/23]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland’s bilateral relationship with Canada is deep and mutually beneficial, based on historical ties and shared values. St. Patrick’s Day provides an invaluable opportunity to promote Ireland’s interests and to deepen further the political, economic and cultural links between Ireland and Canada.

My recent visit there as part of the Government’s St. Patrick’s Day programme included a wide variety of engagements in Ottawa and Toronto. While I did not have an opportunity to visit the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto on this occasion, I did visit the Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa.

Among other programme elements, I met with senior management and faculty at the University of Ottawa to discuss their new Advanced Medical Research Centre, and advances in medical research. While in Toronto I met with Sylvia Jones, Deputy Premier and Minister for Health for the Province of Ontario for a substantive and broad ranging discussion. I also met with experts in Cybersecurity in healthcare.