Darren O'Rourke (Meath East, Sinn Fein)
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220. To ask the Minister for Finance If he has spoken with his Australian counterpart to date in 2024. [16272/24]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland enjoys a deep and wide-ranging bilateral relationship with Australia, owing from our historic cultural and people-to-people ties, our economic and trade relationship, and our cooperation on global affairs across an array of fora and channels, including as members of a number of International Financial Institutions and international organisations.

While there is engagement between both of our Departments at senior official level, since my appointment as Minister for Finance in December 2022, I have not yet had direct engagement with Australia’s Finance Minister, Senator Katy Gallagher. However, given the breadth of our relationship, I look forward to an opportunity to engage with her and to continuing the long-standing engagement and cooperation between our countries and economies.