The Government will send 36 representatives to the 74 cities in 44 countries for St Patrick’s Day.
Ministers, Ministers of State and other representatives will travel across the globe to places such as the US, Australia, the Middle East, Asia and other locations as part of the celebrations.
As expected, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will travel to Washington for St Patrick’s Day where he is expected to meet US President Joe Biden.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin will also travel to the US and will represent Ireland in New York and Boston.
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan, meanwhile, will visit Singapore and China.
The Attorney General Rossa Fanning will travel to Argentina and Chile.
St Patrick’s Day will mark ‘100 Years of Ireland in the World’. It will mark the centenary of Ireland’s joining the League of Nations, the 50th anniversary of Irish membership of the EU and the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.
Here is where the Government representatives are going:
- Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: US -Washington
- Tánaiste Micheál Martin: US - New York, Boston
- Minister Eamon Ryan: Singapore & China - Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai
- Minister Michael McGrath: US & Canada -Chicago & Toronto
- Minister Paschal Donohoe: Germany - Frankfurt, Cologne, Berlin
- Minister Simon Coveney: Australia - Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Canberra, Perth
- Minister Norma Foley: US - Philadelphia
- Minister Catherine Martin: US - Los Angeles, San Diego
- Minister Darragh O'Brien: US -Atlanta & Savannah
- Minister Heather Humphreys: UK - London & England
- Minister Charlie McConalogue: New Zealand - Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch
- Minister Roderic O'Gorman: India - Delhi, Mumbai, & Bangladesh - Dhaka
- Minister Stephen Donnelly: Canada
- Minister :Simon Harris US & Canada - San Francisco & Vancouver
- Minister of State Hildegarde Naughton: US - Miami & Mexico
- Minister of State Peter Burke: Italy & Holy See
- Minister of State Sean Fleming: Brazil
- Minister of State Patrick O'Donovan: Thailand & Indonesia
- Minister of State Ossian Smyth: Belgium & Netherlands
- Minister of State Josepha Madigan: UAE & Qatar
- Minister of State Niall Collins: Malaysia & Philippines
- Minister of State Jack Chambers: Japan
- Minister of State Senator Pippa Hackett: Kenya & Tanzania
- Minister of State Martin Heydon: Korea
- Minister of State Anne Rabbitte: South Africa - Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town
- Minister of State Neale Richmond: Spain & Portugal
- Minister of State Joe O'Brien: Poland
- Minister of State Kieran O'Donnell: Croatia & Slovenia
- Minister of State Malcolm Noonan: Austria & Slovakia & Czechia & Romania
- Minister of State Dara Calleary: France - Paris, Strasbourg, Lyon
- Minister of State Thomas Byrne: US - Austin Dallas & Texas
- Minister of State Jennifer Carroll MacNeill: UK -Edinburgh, Cardiff, Liverpool
- Minister of State James Browne: Cyprus & Jordan
- Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl: Lebanon
- Cathaoirleach Jerry Buttimer: Sierra Leone & Liberia
- Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC: Argentina & Chile
Richard Boyd-Barrett criticised the Government’s St Patrick Day agenda, saying that it was “obnoxious” to send so many people away during a cost of living crisis.
He said: “We have a housing and cost of living emergency in this country where people are really suffering.
“Record numbers homeless, record numbers dependent on food banks, record numbers being driven into poverty by the cost of living and the housing prices.
“The idea that they're gonna go swarming all around the world rather than take the sort of radical emergency measures that are necessary to assist people that were really struggling is really fairly obnoxious in the current climate.
“These junkets, it's highly questionable what they actually achieve.
“[These are] PR opportunities for government ministers, the Taoiseach, the Tánaiste and so on.”
READ NEXT:
- 'I bought Regency rifles of Hutches for €30k' - IRA man who did time for having AK-47s breaks silence
- RTE's Upfront with Katie Hannon viewers all say the same thing after 'frustrating' eviction ban debate
- 'Shocking' Beast from the East weather repeat may impact Government plans for more cost of living supports
- Muireann O'Connell dubbed a 'diva' as Ireland AM co-hosts outline specific tea demand
- Irish pub with cheeky sign wants to 'bring back the art of chat up lines' this Valentine's Day
Get breaking news to your inbox by signing up to our newsletter
