Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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37. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Irish Consul General or Vice Consulate based in Atlanta in the United States has spoken formally with the Governor of North Carolina in 2022 and to date in 2023, in tabular form. [38089/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland's Consulate General in Atlanta, Georgia, has consular responsibility for several states in the American Southeast, including North Carolina.

The Consul General met with the Governor while attending an event held in the Governor's Mansion in Raleigh, North Carolina in June 2023.

Beyond this, officials from the Consulate General have had other engagements with political, economic and Irish community representatives in North Carolina during the period under reference. These include a meeting between the Consul General and the President Pro-Tempore of the North Carolina State Senate as well as with a major Irish employer in the state in June this year. In October 2022, the Consul General met with the Mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina’s Secretary of State and Secretary of Commerce, as well as economic development agencies, universities, and a wide range of Irish community representatives in the State.