Who’s going where? Ministers' St Patrick's Day trips revealed

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will meet US President Joe Biden in the White House on St Patrick's Day and Tánaiste Micheál Martin will spend a week in New York and Boston. Picture: JULIEN BEHAL PHOTOGRAPHY. NO FEE.

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste will both travel to the US for St Patrick’s Day this year, while Green Party leader Eamon Ryan will fly to Singapore and China.

The Government has announced the biggest ever St Patrick’sDay Programme, which will see members of the Government jet off to destinations across the world, taking in New Zealand, India, Canada, Brazil, Japan, Tanzania, Kenya, Indonesia, Qatar, Sierra Leone, Argentina and Chile. 

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will meet US President Joe Biden in the White House on St Patrick's Day and Tánaiste Micheál Martin will spend a week in New York and Boston.

This year the programme aims to mark “100 years of Ireland in the World” but there is a heavy focus on America, with seven other members of the Government due to travel to a large number of states and cities including Texas, Savana, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Miami.

In all, 36 representatives of the State will bring Ireland’s message to 74 cities in 44 countries.

The St Patrick's Day events are an important part of the Government’s ‘Global Ireland’ strategy which seeks to promote Ireland as an outstanding location to live, visit, work, invest in, trade with, and study.

Ministers will emphasise Ireland’s commitment to the international rules-based multilateral system, our membership of the European Union and our commitment to protecting the Good Friday Agreement. 

The Ministerial programme will celebrate our heritage and renew our links with our global Diaspora and business leaders.

Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl will travel to Lebanon and the Attorney General Rossa Fanning is scheduled to visit Argentina and Chile.

St Patrick's Day visits
OFFICE	NAME	DESTINATION
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 - Chicago  Canada - 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 - San Francisco &  Canada - Vancouver
Chief Whip	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