Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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152. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he spoke with the US House of Representative Minority Leader during his recent visit to Washington DC. [6602/24]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Ongoing, high-level political engagement with the United States on critical issues for Ireland is a priority for the Government and building strong, strategic political partnerships is a key objective in "Global Ireland: Ireland’s Strategy for the US and Canada 2019–2025".

During my visit to Washington, DC, this month, I had a range of political engagements with key contacts in President Biden's administration and on Capitol Hill.

I met with the bipartisan Friends of Ireland caucus, and had separate meetings with House Minority Whip Katherine Clark, Majority Leader of the United States Senate Chuck Schumer and a number of US members of Congress, Democratic and Republican, to discuss key political and foreign policy matters. On this occasion I did not meet with House Minority Leader, Hakeem Jeffries.

I also spoke at a public event at the Atlantic Council and engaged with senior business representatives.