Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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689. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment affairs the number of trade missions that have taken place since 2015, by country and city. [18589/25]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The primary focus of all trade and investment missions is support the goal of securing high-level market access for companies based in Ireland who are aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment, and which showcase opportunities for foreign direct investment in support of high-quality jobs and regional development throughout Ireland.

A list of trade missions undertaken abroad in 2015-2024 is shown below: Trade Missions 2015-2024

2015

Jan 2015 Dubai, Abu Dhabi UAE

March 2015 Stockholm, Sweden

April 2015 UAE, Qatar, Dubai, Jeddah, Riyadh, Doha, Abu Dhabi

May 2015 Warsaw, Poland. Prague, Czech Republic

Sept 2015 China, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong Kong

July 2016 Farnborough, England

Sept 2016 US West Coast, Minneapolis,

Oct 2016 US West Coast, San Francisco, Los Angeles

Oct 2016 London, England

Nov 2016 Beijing, China Tokyo Japan

Nov 2016 India - Mumbai, Bengaluru, Delhi India

March 14-15 Austin, Houston Texas, USA

April 2017 Belgium, Brussels

May 2017 Oslo, Norway

Sept 2017 Singapore and Tokyo, Japan

Oct 2017 Australia, Canberra, Sydney

Nov 2017 UAE, Oman, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Muscat

Nov 2017 Boston, New York USA

Nov 2017 Hanover, Dusseldorf, Germany

Feb 2018 Moscow, Russia

March 2018 USA Boston / Austin / San Francisco

April 2018 UK, Manchester

April 2018 Rome Italy

April 2018 Utrecht Netherlands and Gothenburg Sweden

May 2018 New York / Washington USA

June 2018 Los Angeles, USA

June 2018 Prague Czech Republic, Warsaw Poland

July 2018 UK, Farnborough

September 2018 Sao Paulo, Brazilia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

September 2018 Glasgow and Edinburgh Scotland

Oct 2018 Zurich, Switzerland

Oct/Nov 2018 Hong Kong and Shanghai China,

Nov 2018 Dusseldorf, Hanover Germany

Dec 2018 Cairo, Egypt

March 2019 Australia, Sydney, Perth. Singapore

April 2019 UK, Birmingham, Manchester

May 2019 Toronto, Canada. New York, USA

June 2019 Auckland, Hamilton, Wellington, Christchurch New Zealand

September 2019 US, Nashville and New York

Sept 2019 Tokyo Japan. Singapore

October 2019 Amsterdam, Delft The Netherlands

October 2019 Madrid, Spain

November 2019 South Africa, Johannesburg, Cape Town. Nairobi, Kenya

November 2019 Munich, Germany

November 2019 Shenzen, Shanghai China. Dubai UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain

2021 September 2021 London, Paris, Berlin

October 2021 Dubai UAE, Qatar

November 2021 Toronto, Montreal Canada. Boston, New York USA

November 2021 Saudi Arabia, Dubai

December 2021 Helsinki Finland. Liverpool UK

2022 February 2022 Marseilles, Paris France

April 2022 US West Coast

May 2022 Atlanta, US. Monterrey, Mexico City Mexico

May 2022 Madrid, Spain

June 202 Paris, France. Essen, Dusseldorf Germany

July 2022 Farnborough, UK

2023 Jan/Feb 2023 Dubai, UAE

February 2023 US West Coast

March 2023 Copenhagen, Denmark

March 2023 Sydney. Melbourne Australia

May 2023 Boston, New York USA

May 2023 Warsaw, Poland. Prague, Czech Republic

June 2023 Dusseldorf Germany. Paris France

September 2023 Atlanta, Austin USA

October 2023 Chicago, USA

November 2023 Seoul, South Korea

November 2023 Vancouver, Toronto Canada

November Kuwait. Saudi Arabia

February 2024 Saudi Arabia, Kuwait UAE

March 2024 Bengaluru, Mumbai, New Delhi India. Dhaka, Bangladesh

May 2024 Warsaw, Poland

July 2024 New York, Boston USA

September 2024 Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle USA

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire (Cork South-Central, Sinn Fein)
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690. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide details of trade missions conducted in 2022 to 2024 and to date in 2025, outlining the location, number of businesses and state agencies engaged with. [18590/25]

Niamh Smyth (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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The primary focus of all trade and investment missions is support the goal of securing high-level market access for companies based in Ireland who are aiming to grow business overseas and increase domestic employment, and which showcase opportunities for foreign direct investment in support of high-quality jobs and regional development throughout Ireland.

The table below shows the number of businesses engaged with in the Trade Missions for the year 2022 - 2024