Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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119. To ask the Minister for Finance if he spoke with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue during his recent visit to the United States. [20675/23]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I visited the United States on two occasions recently, visiting Chicago for a St. Patrick's Day programme during March, and visiting Washington DC for the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank during April.

The St. Patrick's Day programme involved visits to both Toronto and Chicago. During the programme in Chicago I met with a wide range a wide range of political and business figures and members of the Irish community, as well as undertaking a number of business engagements in conjunction with Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland.

During my visit to Washington last month, I attended a range of a range of high-level meetings, including bilateral meetings and roundtable discussions. I engaged with other Finance Ministers and senior management of both the IMF and World Bank.

During these visits I did not meet with the current Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service, Danny Werfel, who took office during March of this year. He took over from Doug O'Donnell, who served in the role on an interim basis since the departure of Charles P. Rettig in November 2022.