Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 119 and 120 together.

Ireland's Consulate General in Los Angeles is one of the new missions established under the Government's strategic initiative Global Ireland 2025. The Consulate team works closely with local representatives and other key stakeholders in the Southwest region of the United States, including in fulfilment of Ireland's US & Canada Strategy 2019-2025 and Ireland’s Diaspora Strategy 2020-2025. This includes engaging with state and local political representatives, providing support to Irish communities and organisations, delivering consular assistance to Irish citizens, promoting trade and economic cooperation, and seeking other opportunities to enhance Ireland's profile and advance our interests in the region.

The Consul General in Los Angeles met with the Governor of Arizona, Katie Hobbs, at an event in Arizona in March 2023, and is scheduled to meet the Governor again during a visit to Phoenix next month. The Consulate General has not had the opportunity to meet with the Governor of New Mexico in the past twelve months.