Rory Hearne (Dublin North-West, Social Democrats)
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382. To ask the Minister for Finance to list the representatives from his Department who will be attending a conference in France in March 2025 (details supplied); to outline the contents of the addresses and speeches that representatives from his Department will be making to the conference, including material to be distributed by his Department at the event; to list which events representatives from his Department will be partaking in at the conference; if representatives from his Department will take part in the Ireland Real Estate Investment Pavilion at the conference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10603/25]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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MIPIM is an international property and real estate conference that takes place each year in France. This year, the four-day conference was expected to attract over 20,000 delegates, from over 90 countries, including investors managing an estimated €4trn in assets, as well as government ministers, senior civil servants from around the world, and the mayors of major cities like London, Rome, Madrid and Athens.

This year, the Ireland Real Estate Investment Pavilion, in association with the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF), and supported by four sponsors who are stakeholders in the Irish real estate market, hosted a one-day event on Wednesday, 12 March 2025.

The purpose of this one-day event was to serve as a central point of engagement for potential investors interested in investing in Europe, specifically in Ireland. I am advised that attendees at the Ireland Real Estate Investment Pavilion events were to primarily be global real estate investors whose investment into Ireland could help to sustainably support the delivery of new homes, workplaces and infrastructure in the years ahead.

By participating at MIPIM, through the Ireland Real Estate Investment Pavilion, ISIF has the opportunity to engage directly with leading international investors and highlight the opportunity for future investment in Ireland.

As such, delegates from ISIF moderated two panel discussions held over breakfast and lunch events at the Ireland Real Estate Investment Pavilion. There was also one representative in attendance from the Department of Finance, who did not have a speaking role at the event. There were also attendees from the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the IDA.