Taoiseach Diary 2001

Taoiseach's Diary 0 1 -Jan-01 - 3 1 -Jan-01
Monday. January 1
Tuesday. January 2
Wednesday. January 3
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Thursday. January 4
Friday, January 5
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Saturday, January 6
Sunday. January 7
Depart for Malta (overnight Malta)
Monday, January 8
Malta (overnight Malta)
Tuesday, January 9
Cyprus (overnight Cyprus)
Wednesday, January 10
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Thursday, January 11
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Friday. January 12
Saturday, January 13
Sunday, January 14
0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM FOR INFORMATION
Drop into The Community Police Unit, Store Street Senior Citizens
Christmas Dinner Party
Venue: Store Street Garda Station (timing prov)
Monday, January 15
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Tuesday, January 16
0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Minister McDaid & Deputy Keaveney

Venue: Taoiseach's Office
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0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Frank Fahey, Eamon O Cuiv and Margaret Cox
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 5 : 3 0 PM Interview w i t h John Downing
0 6 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM Address Dublin Chamber of Commerce January Council Meeting

Venue:National Concert Hall, Dublin 2
0 8 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 0 0 PM Address members at The Irish Farmers Association 2 9 t h Annual

General Meeting Dinner
Venue: Burlington Hotel
Wednesday, January 17
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0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Dermot McCarthy
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0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Photocell w i t h Mr. Isaac Kaye, IVAX Corporation

0 3 : 1 0 PM 0 3 : 1 0 PM ADC Ger 0 Grady
0 3 : 1 5 PM 0 3 : 1 5 PM Wally Kirwan
1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 3 0 PM
Friday, January 19
10:00 A M 10:00 AM Meeting w i t h MOS Brennan
10:30 A M 10:30 A M Photo w i t h Mr. Richard Pilkington & his Grand Prix Car
Venue: Govt. Bldgs.
11:15 A M 11:15 A M Sign Book of Condolence for Dr. Yousef Allan Venue : Egyptian
Embassy, Clyde Road
1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 3 0 PM Officially open PX Instrument Technology new facility

Venue: Unit 32, Beechwood Close, Bray, Co. W i c k l o w
0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Officially open Computerscope new Offices

Venue: Cross Guns Bridge
Saturday, January 2 0
Sunday, January 2 1
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1 2 : 4 5 PM 12:45 PM Attending AIG Europe Irish Champion Hurdle & Present the winner
w i t h their trophy
Venue: Leopardstown
Monday, January 2 2
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Government Meeting (commencing w i t h lunch in the Sycamore

Room)
0 7 : 1 5 PM 0 7 : 1 5 PM President's Dinner for Government.

Venue: Ards an Uachtardn
Tuesday, January 2 3
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Wednesday. January 2 4
11:00 A M 11:00 AM Meeting w i t h Tom Crowley and others from NAPD (Simon Hare
and Tom Considine to attend also) Venue : Meeting Room
1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 0 0 PM
1 2 : 3 0 PM 1 2 : 3 0 PM MoS Brennan
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Photocall w i t h CPM Ireland to present the ISO 9 0 0 2 A w a r d to their

Managing Director Mr. Joe Gavin
0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Minister Sfle de Valera
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Eoin O Leary
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 4 5 PM Martin Mansergh, Paul Arthur University of Ulster. Drop in to

meeting w i t h a group of post graduate students.
Venue: Room 3 0 8
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Cabinet Committee on European Affairs Venue : Sycamore Room
0 7 : 1 5 PM 0 7 : 1 5 PM
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0 7 : 4 5 PM 0 7 : 4 5 PM Guest of Honour and presenting the Texaco Sportstars A w a r d s .
Dress for the evening is Blacktie.
Venue: Burlington Hotel.
10:00 A M 10:30 A M Radio Interview w i t h RTE re: 75 Years of RTE

10:30 AM 10:50 A M Interview w i t h The Star re: Taoiseach's love of Gaelic Games
11:00 A M 11:00 A M Dermot Gallagher
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0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Mary Doyle re infrastructure matters
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Courtesy call w i t h Mr. Michael Heisley & Mr. James L. Martin

0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 5 : 3 0 PM Keep Free
0 6 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Officially open The Holiday World Experience 2 0 0 1

Venue: RDS
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 2 0 PM A t t e n d Retirement Function for A n n Riordan, Microsoft

Venue: Dublin Castle
0 7 : 4 5 PM 0 7 : 4 5 PM Dinner w i t h Chancellor of DCU Dr. T.P. Hardiman.
Venue: Albert College Dining Room, DCU, Dublin 9
Friday, January 2 6
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0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Courtesy call from a group from the Sovereign Military Hospitaller

Order of St. John of Jerusalem Rhodes and Malta Irish Association
Venue: Meeting Room
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Possible drop in t o Gaisce meeting
Saturday, January 2 7
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Sunday, January 2 8
11:00 AM 11:00 A M Interview for "This Week"

Venue: Radiocentre, Donnybrook.
Time provisional.
0 6 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 3 0 PM A t t e n d Mass for the Liturigical Reception of H.E. Giuseppe

Lazzarotto, D.D., Apostolic Nuncio to Ireland Venue: Pro Cathedral
(followed by reception in Holy Cross College, Clonliffe)
Monday, January 2 9
1 2 : 3 0 PM 1 2 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Brendan Menton. Ministers for Finance & Tourism,

Sport and Recreation also attending.
0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Congressman Ben Gilman and Congressional

delegation.
Venue: Sycamore Room
0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Officially open Conduit pic

Venue: East Point Business Park, Dublin 3
0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Present Dublin Docklands Development Authority C o m m u n i t y

Development Project Initiative Awards
Venue: IFSC
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM meetings in St. Luke's
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0 8 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 3 0 PM Officially open new medical centre
Venue: O'Connell Street
Tuesday. January 30
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09:30 AM 09:30 AM Meeting w i t h the Tanaiste and Minister for Finance re Buckley
Report Dermot McCarthy to attend also
10:00 AM 10:00 A M Meeting w i t h the Tanaiste

Dermot Gallagher, Dermot McCarthy & Paul Haran to attend also
10:30 AM 10:30 A M Government Meeting
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 1 5 PM Question Time
0 3 : 1 5 PM 0 3 : 1 5 PM Brief Statement t o correct the Ddil record re Question Time on 17

October, 2 0 0 0
0 3 : 4 5 PM 0 4 : 1 5 PM Briefing on the Order of Business
0 4 : 1 5 PM 0 4 : 4 5 PM Order of Business
0 4 : 5 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM D£il Motion re Co-operation w i t h Tribunal
0 6 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Fr. Sean Healy and Sr. Brigid Reynolds, CORI (Dermot
Ahern and Dermot McCarthy to attend also)
Wednesday, January 3 1
DAIL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a.m. - 8 . 3 0 p.m.)
08:00 AM 08:00 AM
10:00 A M 10:30 AM Briefing on the Order of Business
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0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 1 5 PM Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion Venue: Sycamore Room
0 5 : 4 5 PM 0 5 : 4 5 PM Depart Dublin Airport by Govt Jet
0 7 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM Meeting Downing Street
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Taoiseach's Diary 01-Feb-01 - 03-Mar-01
Thursday. February 1
DAlL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a.m. - 4 . 4 5 p.m.)
10:30 A M 11:00 A M (TANAISTE) Order of Business
1 2 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM (TOM KITT) Launch The Equality Authority Report for Family

Friendly workplace initiatives
Venue:Clonmel Street, Dublin 2
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h John Fitzgerald, Dublin City Manager (Mary Doyle to

attend also) Venue : Taoiseach's office
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 4 0 PM Photocell w i t h Mr. John Hume and Ambassador Michael Sullivan

Venue: Merrion Hotel
0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Phone call w i t h the President of the European Commission,

Romano Prodi (outgoing)
0 4 : 1 5 PM 0 4 : 1 5 PM Brian Murphy
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 3 0 PM Keep Free
0 7 : 1 5 PM 0 7 : 1 5 PM I.
0 8 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 0 0 PM A t t e n d The Mater Foundation Dinner in honour of Mr. John Hume

Venue: O'Reilly Hall. UCD. Belfield, Dublin 4.
Friday, February 2
10:00 A M 10:00 AM Launch 3rd Level Computing Programme

Venue: Glen Rovers
10:30 A M 10:30 A M Meeting w i t h Glen Rovers Hurling Club w i t h presentation of Jack

Lynch's Book
Venue: Glen Rovers Club, Cork
11:00 A M 11:00 AM Visit Mayfield GAA Club

Venue: Cork
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1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 0 0 PM Officially open Bord GSis new Head Office
Venue: Albert Road, Cork City
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Attending Cork People of the Year A w a r d

Venue: Jurys. Cork,
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM
Saturday, February 3
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11:00 A M 11:00 A M Officially open FAS Opportunities 2 0 0 1

Venue: R0S, Dublin 4
0 7 : 4 5 PM 0 7 : 4 5 PM A t t e n d Independent Star Ltd. Annual GAA Awards Dinner.
Storehouse, James's Street
Sunday, February 4
Monday. February 5
11:00 A M 11:00 AM Courtesy Call from Mr Komanski CEO Myrll Lynch, Dan Tully
(Dermot Gallagher) Venue St Lukes
12:15 PM 0 2 : 1 5 PM Present the winner of this year's European of the Year A w a r d

followed by lunch
Venue: Berkeley Court Hotel
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Briefing w i t h the President

Venue: Aras an Uachtarain
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 0 0 PM Launch Football Tournament for Paudi O Shea,

Tuesday, February 6
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08:15 AM 08:15 AM Government Meeting
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0 5 : 1 5 PM 0 5 : 1 5 PM Dermot McCarthy and Philip Kelly
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Wednesday. February 7
08:00 AM 09:00 AM
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09:15 AM 09:15 AM
10:00 A M 10:30 A M Briefing on the Order of Business
11:15AM 11:25 A M Minister Sile de Valera
11:30 A M 11:30 A M
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0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h IBEC-CBI Joint Business Council

Venue:Room 301
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0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 3 0 PM Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure Venue : Sycamore Room
0 6 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 3 0 PM Photograph w i t h Comdt Tony Hanlon and his father
Thursday. February 8
DAIL SITTING ( 1 0 : 3 0 a.m. - 4 . 4 5 p.m.)
10:30 A M 11.00 AM Order of Business
11:00 A M 11:30 A M Launch the RAPID Programme - Revitalising Areas by Planning,

Investment, Development Programme
Venue:Press Centre
1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Mr. Se£n Dorgan, Industrial Development Agency of

Ireland
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Statement on Nice Summit, Seanad
0 2 : 1 5 PM 0 2 : 1 5 PM Attorney General
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM C*
0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM John O'Shea, Goal
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Pascal Mooney
0 4 : 1 5 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM
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0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Phone call to SoS Scotland
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM National Executive Meeting

Venue: Leinster House
Friday, February 9
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Sunday, February 11
06:00 AM 06:00 AM Depart Dublin for New Ross by car
08:00 AM 09:00 AM Launch Dunbrody Emigrant Ship Venue: New Ross, Co. Wexford
Monday, February 12
11:45 A M 11:45 A M Meeting w i t h Mr & Mrs Reynolds and Mr Barring, American

Academy of Achievement
Venue:St Lukes
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Launch Larkin College & Shelbourne F.C. joint Pilot Scheme for
apprentice footballers
Venue: Larkin College, Cathal Brugha Street, Dublin 1
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 3 0 PM
0 6 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Officially open "The Bank" n e w m i d t o w n bar and bistro

Venue: Milltown, Dublin 6
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 1 5 PM Drop into the launch of EZhome

Venue: Brownes Brassiere, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
Tuesday. February 13
DAlL SITTING ( 2 . 3 0 p.m. - 8 . 3 0 p.m.)
08:00 AM 09:00 AM
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09:30 AM 09:30 AM Courtesy call from Polish delegation led by Speaker Sejm, Mr.
Maciej Plazynriski
09:45 A M 09:45 AM Meeting w i t h the Tanaiste

10:30 A M 10:30 A M Government Meeting
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Photocall w i t h FINEOS (the new corporate name for Managed

Solutions Corporation)
Venue: Meeting Room
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h SDLP
0 6 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM Photograph w i t h Eddie Jordan & Jordan Forumula One Grand Prix

car for 2 0 0 1
Venue: Leopardstown Pavilion, Leopardstown
0 9 : 0 0 PM 0 9 : 0 0 PM Drop into the Davitts IFSC GAA Club Golf Classic Dinner
Venue: Clontarf Golf Club
Wednesday, February 14
07:45 AM 09:15 AM
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09:30 AM 10:00 AM Meeting w i t h the Tanaiste, Minister for Finance and Minister for
Eduction. Venue Taoiseach's meeting room
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Briefing on the Order of Business
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11:15 A M 11:15 A M Photocall w i t h Gertrude Ahern w i t h Gold President's A w a r d
11:30 AM 11:30 A M
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0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Brief meeting w i t h Mr. T o m Donoghue, President and CEO of the

United States Chamber of Commerce
Venue: Meeting Room
0 4 : 1 5 PM 0 4 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Minister of State Eamon 6 Cuiv

0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 4 5 PM Meeting w i t h Mexican Ambassador Daniel Dultzin

0 4 : 5 5 PM 0 4 : 5 5 PM Mary Doyle
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Cabinet Committee on Housing Venue : Sycamore Room
Thursday, February 15
09:10 AM 09:10 AM Phone call w i t h Minister for Health
09:15 A M 09:15 AM Meeting w i t h Tanaiste & Min. Finance (with officials)

Meeting Room.
10:30 A M 11:00 AM Order of Business
11:00 A M 11:00 AM Photograph w i t h 2nd Year Students from Belvedere College

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11:30 AM 1 2 : 3 0 PM Cabinet Committee on Asylum Seekers
1 2 : 4 5 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Mary Coughlan
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 2 0 PM Una Claffey
0 1 : 2 0 PM 0 1 : 3 0 PM Peter Ryan, Gerry Hickey and Martin Mansergh
0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Keep Free
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Photocall t o launch the Programme of Action for the Road Haulage

Industry w i t h Minister Joe Jacob and Mr. Gerry M c M a h o n Venue:
Front Steps
0 2 : 4 5 PM 0 2 : 4 5 PM Minister for Foreign Affairs
0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h London based foreign correspondents (Ref Nick

Reddy) Venue : Sycamore Room
0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Depart for Kinnegad/Ballinasloe
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 3 0 PM Official opening of Sancta Maria Nursing Home,

Venue: Parke, Kinnegad, Co. Meath
0 7 : 1 5 PM 0 7 : 1 5 PM Photocall w i t h I.R.D. South East Galway Ltd. Development Plan

Venue: Gullane's Hotel, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
0 7 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM Attending Civic Reception Ballinasloe Urban District Council

Venue: Civic Offices Ballinasloe
0 8 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 0 0 PM Attend the Ballinasloe/Eyrecourt Comhairle Ceanntair Dinner Dance

Venue: Gullane's Hotel, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Friday, February 16
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10:00 AM 10:00 AM Officially open Donegal's People's Press & Donegal Democrat n e w
premises
Venue: Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
10:40 A M 10:45 A M Interview w i t h Highland Radio. Venue Minister McDaid's Office

0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 3 0 PM
0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Alan Gray
0 4 : 1 5 PM 0 5 : 1 5 PM FOR INFORMATION
A t t e n d Retirement Party of Theresa Meehan (Ref: Martin Igoe)
Venue: Pillar Room, Mater Hospital
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0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM A t t e n d Ireland v France Rugby Match.

Venue: Lansdowne Road
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Sunday, February 18
1 2 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Launch re-development plan for Fatima Mansions

Venue: Fatima Mansions
Monday, February 19
1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 3 0 PM Minister McDaid and Margaret Hayes
1 2 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Special Government Meeting on the National Spatial Strategy and

Housing Matters (commencing w i t h buffet in the Sycamore Room)
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10:00 A M 10:30 A M Meeting w i t h the Tanaiste
Dermot Gallagher, Dermot McCarthy & Paul Haran t o attend also
0 3 : 2 0 PM 0 3 : 2 0 PM Photograph w i t h the new Minister of State Mary Coughlan Venue

Front Steps
0 5 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 1 5 PM Meeting w i t h the Nelson Family, Venue Sycamore Room
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM Depart Dublin Airport for Rome
Wednesday, February 2 1
Ceremonies in Rome
DAlL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a.m. - 1 0 . 0 0 p.m.)
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11:59 PM 1 1 : 5 9 PM Arrive Dublin Airport
Thursday. February 2 2
1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h SDLP
0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Sinn Fein
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h David Trimble
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM
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0 8 : 3 0 PM 0 8 : 3 0 PM Host Annual State Reception to celebrate the Irish Language & its
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Venue: Dublin Castle 7
Friday, February 2 3
07:30 AM 08:30 AM Meeting w i t h FAI. Ministers for Finance and Tourism, Sport &
Recreation to attend also Venue : Sycamore Room
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08:30 AM 08:30 AM
08:45 AM 09:00 AM Turlough O'Sullivan
09:00 AM 09:00 AM Participate in Special Olympics World Games video

Venue: Meeting Room
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Gerry Howlin
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10:30 A M 10:30 AM Depart Dublin
1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 0 0 PM Arrive The Swan
1 2 : 5 0 PM 1 2 : 5 0 PM Arrive Rathdowney
0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Arrive Abbeyleix
0 2 : 2 0 PM 0 2 : 2 0 PM Arrive Portarlington
0 3 : 5 0 PM 0 3 : 5 0 PM Arrive Mountmellick
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Arrive Portlaoise
0 6 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 3 0 PM Depart Laois
0 8 : 0 0 PM 0 9 : 0 0 PM A t t e n d Final Night of the National Senior Boxing Championships

Venue: National Boxing Stadium
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Saturday, February 2 4
0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM
Sunday, February 2 5
NFL Donegal v Dublin (for information)
0 2 : 3 5 PM 0 2 : 3 5 PM Arrival of Cardinal Connell, Dublin Airport
Monday. February 2 6
10:15 A M 11:00 AM Briefing in advance of the meeting w i t h the Swedish Prime Minister
1 1 : 0 0 A M 0 2 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Swedish Prime Minister Persson as part of his pre

Stockholm tour of capitals (followed by informal lunch)
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0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Minister McCreevy, Minister of State Cullen and
Paddy Teahon
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Tanaiste. Minister McCreevy.

* " ' 4 and Minister Ahern
Venue: Meeting Room
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM AG, Peter Ryan, Gerry Howlin, Brendan Ward
0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 3 0 PM Briefing meeting w i t h Agriculture Officials re Foot & Mouth.

Taoiseach's Office
Tuesday, February 27
09:30 AM 10:00 A M Meeting w i t h Tanaiste and Minister for Finance Re: MediaLab &
Digital Media District Dermot McCarthy to attend also

10:25 A M 10:30 A M Meeting w i t h Tanaiste and Minister for Finance re review of

Ministerial certificate under FOI
Venue: Cabinet Room at commencement of Government Meeting).
10:30 A M 10:30 AM Government Meeting
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Photocall w i t h the winner of the Sunday Business Post Political

Quiz
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0 5 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Cllr John Brazil, Nth Kerry
0 6 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 2 0 PM Michael Moynihan
0 6 : 2 0 PM 0 6 : 5 0 PM Noel A h e m and Pat Carey
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM Government Meeting (Foot and M o u t h Disease)
0 8 : 3 0 PM 0 8 : 3 0 PM Una Claffey
Wednesday, February 2 8
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09:15 AM 09:15 A M Meeting Senator Dan Kiely

09:30 AM 10:00 A M Meeting w i t h Iranian delegation - ref J Mitchell - Venue : Room

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0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 4 5 PM Photocall for National Tree Week Venue : Government Buildings
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0 4 : 4 0 PM 0 4 : 4 0 PM RTE Interview. RTE Studios Leinster House
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Peter MacDonagh & Mary Doyle
0 6 : 4 5 PM 0 6 : 4 5 PM Depart Dublin Airport for RAF Northolt
0 7 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM For information : International Soccer Friendly Ireland V . Denmark

Venue : Lansdowne Road
0 7 : 4 5 PM 0 7 : 4 5 PM Arrive RAF Northolt
0 8 : 3 0 PM 0 8 : 3 0 PM Dinner w i t h Prime Minister Tony Blair^

Venue: Downing Street)
Thursday, March 1
Visit to Wales (including overnight in London)
09:45 AM 09:45 AM Depart RAF Northolt
10:30 A M 10:30 A M Arrive Cardiff Airport
10:30 A M 1 0 : 3 0 PM Cardiff Programme
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Depart Cardiff Airpor
0 5 : 3 0 PM 0 5 : 3 0 PM Arrive Dublin Airport
0 6 : 4 5 PM 0 6 : 4 5 PM Paddy Teahon
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM Special Government Meeting on Foot & M o u t h
Friday, March 2
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Thursday, March 1
Visit to Wales
09:45 AM 09:45 AM Depart RAF Northolt
10:30 A M 10:30 A M Arrive Cardiff Airport
1 0 : 3 0 A M 1 0 : 3 0 PM Cardiff Programme
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Depart Cardiff Airport by Government Jet
0 5 : 3 0 PM 0 5 : 3 0 PM Arrive Dublin Airport
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM Special Government Meeting on Foot & M o u t h
Friday, March 2
Ddil Sitting 1 0 . 3 0 to 1.30pm
1 0 : 3 0 A M 10:45 A M Taoiseach's DSil Statement on Foot & M o u t h scare

1 2 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 3 0 PM Q & A to Minister for Agriculture and Food on Foot & M o u t h scare.
Taoiseach to attend.
0 1 : 4 5 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Tanaiste. Minister McCreevy, Minister McDaid,

Minister of State Cullen and Paddy Teahon
Venue: Room 3 0 8
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 3 0 PM closing address of Annual Conference for the Irish Institute of

Training and Development
Venue: Clontarf Castle
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Dail Sitting 1 0 . 3 0 to 1.30pm
1 0 : 3 0 A M 10:45 A M Taoiseach's Dail Statement on Foot & M o u t h scare
1 2 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 3 0 PM Q & A t o Minister for Agriculture and Food on Foot & M o u t h scare.

Taoiseach to attend.
0 1 : 4 5 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Tanaiste, Minister McCreevy, Minister McDaid,

Minister of State Cullen and Paddy Teahon
Venue: Room 3 0 8
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 3 0 PM closing address of Annual Conference for the Irish Institute of

Training and Development
Venue: Clontarf Castle
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0 8 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 3 0 PM Presenting Mr. Bill Whelan w i t h IMRO Lifetime A w a r d . „
Venue:Dublin Castle
0 9 : 3 0 PM 0 9 : 3 0 PM
Saturday, March 3
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0 7 : 1 5 PM 0 7 : 1 5 PM
0 8 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 3 0 PM Presenting Mr. Bill Whelan w i t h IMRO Lifetime A w a r d , r
Venue:Dublin Castle
0 9 : 3 0 PM 0 9 : 3 0 PM Possible call into Dublin Northeast Comhairle Ddil Cheanntair Race

Night
Venue: Marine Hotel, Sutton Cross (timing prov)
Saturday, March 3
Sunday, March 4
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Monday, March 5
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Launch re-development of St. Vincents Trust

Venue: 9 Henrietta Street, Dublin 1
0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Launch the new North Inner City Drugs Task Force Plan
Venue: Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin 1
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Officially open Sporkslink new facilities and turn the sod on the
next phase of their development
Venue: Furry Park, Santry, Dublin 9
0 6 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h the Football Association of Ireland Ministers for

Finance and Tourism, Sport & Recreation, Minister of State Cullen
to attend also Venue : Sycamore Room
Tuesday, March 6
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0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 4 5 PM Record St. Patrick's Day message to camera (on autocue) for the
Irish Times Website Venue : Meeting Room
0 5 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Mr. Jerry D. McCrohan, President, American

Chamber of Commerce and delegation
0 6 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 3 0 PM Launch Deagl£n de Br6adun's (Irish Times) Book entitled " The Far
Side of Revenge: Making the Peace in Northern Ireland"
Venue: National Library
0 7 : 1 5 PM 0 7 : 1 5 PM Launch the Ordnance Survey Letters of Mr. John O'Donovan

Venue: National Museum
Wednesday, March 7
DAIL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a.m. - 1 0 . 0 0 p.m.)
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0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Meet w i t h Noel Treacy & Micheal Kitt
0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 1 5 PM Mary Doyle
0 4 : 1 5 PM 0 4 : 3 0 PM Eoin O Leary
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 5 : 1 5 PM Cabinet Committee on European Affairs (incl. briefing on Patten

visit) Venue : Sycamore Room
0 5 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h EU Commissioner for External Affairs, Chris Patten

Venue : Taoiseach's office
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Thursday, March 8
07:30 AM 07:30 AM Depart Dublin Airport by Air Taxi for RAF Aldergrove
10:30 A M 11:00 A M Order of Business (/oX|n|orrâtion o n l y P ^
Friday. March 9
Saturday. March 10
Sunday, March 11
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Monday. March 12
Tuesday. March 13
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1 2 : 3 0 PM 1 2 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h G.A.A.
0 1 : 4 5 PM 0 1 : 4 5 PM Una Claffey
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Courtesy call from Newt Gingrich

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Wednesday, March 14
12:15 PM 12:15 PM Arrive at Dublin Airport
1 2 : 5 0 PM 1 2 : 5 0 PM Depart for Washington
0 5 : 1 5 PM 0 5 : 1 5 PM Arrive Baltimore
0 6 : 1 5 PM 0 6 : 1 5 PM Arrive Mayflower Hotel
Thursday, March 15
Washington
Friday, March 16
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Depart Washington
11:59 PM 1 1 : 5 9 PM Arrive Dublin Airport from Washington
Saturday, March 17
1 2 : 3 0 PM 1 2 : 3 0 PM Possible drop in t o Marching Band Function

Venue: Leopardstown Race Course (timing prov)
Sunday, March 18
Monday, March 19
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Tuesday. March 2 0
09:45 AM 09:45 AM Meeting w i t h the Tanaiste

Dermot McCarthy & Paul Haran to attend also
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 3 0 PM Michael 0 Kennedy and Michael Smith
0 5 : 4 5 PM 0 6 : 1 5 PM Minister Michael Martin
0 6 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM Launch The Sunday Business Post New Section

Venue: Newman House, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2
Wednesday, March 2 1
DAIL SITTING 1 0 . 3 0 a.m. - 1 0 : 0 0 p.m.
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09:30 AM 10:00 A M Filming of interview w i t h Miriam 0 Callaghan on Padraig Pearse.
Venue Taoiseach's Office (Ref Martin Mansergh)
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10:00 AM 10:30 A M Briefing on the Order of Business
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business
b
1 2 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 1 5 PM Launch of Irish Ferries new ship Ulysses
Venue: Dublin Ferry Port
0 3 : 2 5 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Dermot McCarthy re 3 . 3 0 p m meeting
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Irish Conference of Professional & Services

Association Dermot McCarthy to attend also Venue: Taoiseach's
Office
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 4 5 PM Interview w i t h Yettie Redmond (RTE)
0 4 : 5 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Eoin O'Leary re Cabinet Committee
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 0 0 PM
Thursday, March 2 2
09:45 A M 09:45 A M Photo w i t h members of Fort Lauderdale Pipe Band, Venue

Taoiseach's office
1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 0 0 PM Photocall to launch Daffodil Day

Venue:National Gallery
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1 2 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Brief remarks to King of Sweden and delegation. Room 3 0 8
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Lunch for King of Sweden and delegation from Royal Swedish

Academy of Engineering Sciences Venue Sycamore Room
0 2 : 4 5 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Ministers Venue : Taoiseach's Office
0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 1 5 PM Meeting w i t h the Opposition Venue : Sycamore Room
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Courtesy call from Mr. Peter Dolan, President, Bristol Squibb

Company
Friday, March 2 3
Special European Council, Stockholm
Saturday, March 2 4
Special European Council, Stockholm
0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 3 0 PM Task Force on F&M, Venue Government Buildings
Sunday, March 2 5
0 7 : 4 5 PM 0 7 : 4 5 PM Open the North Dublin National School Project Art Sale/Exhibition

Venue: 101 Talbot Restaurant, Talbot Street, Dublin 1
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0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h the Attorney General, Chief Whip and Ministers

Dempsey and Molloy Venue : Taoiseach's Meeting Room
0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Briefing w i t h the President

0 7 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM Officially open new facilities at Thomas Davis GAA Club

Venue: Kiltipper Road, Tallaght, Dublin 2 4
0 9 : 1 5 PM 1 0 : 3 0 PM A t t e n d dinner to launch the Villanova University Alumni

Association, Berkley Court Hotel.
Tuesday, March 27
DAlL SITTING ( 2 . 3 0 p . m . - 8 . 3 0 p.m.
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10:15AM 10:30 AM Interview re. Roger Casement (5 mins)
Venue: Meeting Room

0 2 : 4 5 PM 0 2 : 4 5 PM Phone call w i t h David Ervine re 'Jeannie Johnston' project
0 4 : 2 5 PM 0 4 : 3 0 PM Drop into meeting between Gerry Howlin and Pauline McGlynn re

Abbey Theatre. Venue Gerry Howlin's Office
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Wednesday, March 2 8
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DAIL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a . m . - 1 0 . 0 0 p.m.)
11:30 A M 1 2 : 0 0 PM Order of Business
&
0 4 : 2 0 PM 0 4 : 4 0 PM Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform and Tim Dalton
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 3 0 PM Visiting Worldport Supercentre

Venue: Blanchardstown Corporate Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin 15
0 5 : 5 5 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Mary Doyle, Eileen Kehoe and Peter MacDonagh re Cabinet

Committee
0 6 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion and Children Venue:

Sycamore Room
Thursday, March 2 9
DAIL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a.m.-4.45 p.m.)
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11:30 A M 1 2 : 0 0 PM Order of Business
1 2 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 1 0 PM Dail Statements on Stockholm
0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Address EU Ambassadors lunch

Venue:Danish Embassy Residence, Bray.
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 1 5 PM Address Social Capital Conference

Venue: Davenport Hotel
0 9 : 0 0 PM 0 9 : 0 0 PM Institute of European Affairs Dinner. Dress Blacktie

Venue: 8 North Great George's Street, Dublin 1
Friday, March 3 0
1 2 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Officially open Queen of Angels N.S. New Computer Room

Venue: W e d g e w o o d (Off Sandyford Road), Dublin 16
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Meeting Dermot A h e m in the Boyne Valley Drogheda, followed by

visit to the Cooley Peninsula.
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01-Apr-01 - 01-May-01
Sunday. April 1
Monday, April 2
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Minister for Public Enterprise, Mary 0 Rourke. Venue St Lukes
0 6 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 3 0 PM Launch of the restoration fund for St. Agatha's Church Organ

Venue: Cusack's Pub, North Strand, Dublin 1.
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Tuesday, April 3
DAIL SITTING ( 2 . 3 0 p . m . - 8 . 3 0 p.m.
09:45 AM Meeting w i t h the Tanaiste

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0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 4 5 PM Courtesy Call from Mr. Jim Steinberg
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0 7 : 1 5 PM 0 7 : 1 5 PM Keynote Address at Global Information Infrastructure Commission
(GIIC) Sixth Annual Forum
0 8 : 3 0 PM 0 8 : 3 0 PM Ministers for Finance, Minister for Tourism, Sport & Recreation, P

Teahon and GAA delegation. Venue Sycamore Room
Wednesday, April 4
DAIL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a . m . - 1 0 . 0 0 p.m.
10:30 AM 11:00 A M Order of Business
0 3 : 1 5 PM 0 3 : 1 5 PM Sean Nolan
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 4 0 PM Mary Doyle re Cabinet Committee
0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Minister for Foreign Affairs
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Courtesy call from George Vassiliou (former President of Cyprus

and lead Cypriot accession negotiator) Venue : Taoiseach's office
Thursday. April 5
DAIL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a.m. - 4 . 4 5 p.m.
08:35 AM 08:35 AM Eoin Ryan & Peter MacDonagh (briefing)
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08:45 AM 09:30 AM Meeting w i t h Michael Woods, John O'Donoghue. Michael Kelly (D
Health), Eoin Ryan and Peter MacDonagh re. New Drugs Strategy
Venue: St. Lukes
10:00 AM 10:30 A M Una Claffey and Peter Ryan Venue : St Lukes
10:45 A M 10:45 A M Bruce Morrisson. Venue St Lukes
1 2 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Launch of proposals for New Transport and Land Use Institutional

Arrangements in the Greater Dublin Area Venue: Press Centre
1 2 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Launch of proposals for New Transport and Land Use Institutional

Arrangements in the Greater Dublirf Area Venue: Room 3 0 8
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Ministers for Finance, and Tourism, P Teahon and GAA
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Secretary General Gallagher
0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 3 0 PM Brendan Smith TD
0 1 : 5 5 PM 0 1 : 5 5 PM Dermot McCarthy
0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Cllr. Sean Collins. Venue, Taoiseach's office.
Friday, April 6
0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Phone call w i t h UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary

Robinson Venue : St. Lukes
Saturday, April 7
11:00 A M 11:00 A M Attend meeting of the Task Force on Foot and M o u t h Venue
Sycamore Room
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Recording This Week. Venue : RTE
Sunday, April 8
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Monday, April 9
11:00 A M 11:00 A M Meeting of the Task Force on Foot and Mouth Venue : Sycamore
Room
1 2 : 3 0 PM 1 2 : 3 0 PM Brief by ADC re Ceremonial procedures for Templemore. Venue

Government Buildings
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Depart Government Buildings by car for Templemore
0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 3 0 PM Review Defence Forces Battalion Travelling to the Lebanon.

Accompanied by ADC
Venue: Templemore T o w n
Tuesday, April 10
DAIL SITTING ( 2 . 3 0 p . m . - 8 . 3 0 p.m.)

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0 5 : 1 5 PM 0 5 : 1 5 PM AFTER ORDER OF BUSINESS: Minister for Social. Community &
Family Affairs
0 5 : 3 0 PM 0 5 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Donegal County Council re job losses Tanaiste t o

attend also Venue : Sycamore Room
Wednesday. April 11
DAIL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 1 . m . - 1 0 . 0 0 p.m.)
09:00 AM 09:30 AM Deirdre Purcell
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Ministers Coughlan, 6 Cuiv. Moffatt, Deputy

Cooper-Flynn & Senator Chambers
Venue: Meeting Room
0 4 : 4 5 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Eoin O'Leary re Cabinet Committee
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0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 3 0 PM Dinner w i t h Tanaiste and Construction Business. Venue : Dining
Room
Thursday, April 12
DAIL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a.m.-4.45 p.m.)
09:00 AM 09:00 AM Record Interview w i t h Adam Boulton, Sky News Venue : Meeting
Room
09:30 A M 09:30 AM Photocall at the mobile blood donation unit Venue : Room 2,
Leinster House
11:40 A M 11:40 A M Philip Kelly
1 2 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Sinn Fein (G Adams, M McGuinness and B de Brun).

Venue Taoiseach's meeting room.
0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 3 0 PM Launch Hill Street Family Resource Centre Playground & also their
Integrated Services Process Directory
Venue: Dublin 1
0 2 : 4 5 PM 0 3 : 1 5 PM Launch St. Catherine's Foyer Project

Venue: Marrowbone Lane, Liberties, Dublin 8
0 2 : 4 5 PM 0 3 : 1 5 PM Launch St. Catherine's Foyer Project

Venue: Mansion House, Dublin 2
0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Una Claffey
St. Lukes.
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Friday, April 13
Good Friday
0 8 : 0 5 PM 0 8 : 0 5 PM Possible attendance at the FAI Harp Lager Cup Semi Final

Bohemians v Shamrock Rovers
Venue : Oalymount Park
Saturday, April 14
Sunday, April 15
Easter Sunday
Monday, April 16
1 2 : 3 0 PM A t t e n d Jameson Irish Grand National & present the prize to the

winning owner. Lunch 1 2 . 3 0 p.m. First Race 2 . 0 5 p.m.
Venue: Fairyhouse (prov)
Tuesday. April 17
L.
1 2 : 4 0 PM 1 2 : 4 0 PM Depart Dublin
Wednesday. April 18
0 7 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM FOR INFORMATION ONLY

Lord Mayor's Race
Venue: Griffith Park, Drumcondra
Thursday, April 19
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Friday, April 2 0
Saturday, April 2 1
Sunday, April 2 2
11:00 A M 11:00 A M A t t e n d Fianna Fail 1916 Commemorative Day

Venue:Arbour Hill
Monday, April 2 3
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM Lunch w i t h National Treasury Management Agency

Venue: Treasury Building, Grand Canal Street, Dublin 2
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Launch RTE's new business w e b service, OnBusiness.ie

Venue: RTE, Donnybrook, Dublin 4
0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Officially open Exhibition on the Story of All Hallows

Venue: Grace Park Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 9
Tuesday. April 2 4
09:25 AM 09:30 AM Dermot McCarthy and Philip Kelly re OECD functions
09:30 AM 10:00 A M Brief Meeting w i t h OECD officials re Regulatory Reform Report

(Tanaiste, Min/Public Ent. and DMcCarthy to attend also) Venue
Meeting Room
10:00 A M 11:00 A M Launch OECD Report on Regulatory Reform (Tanaiste and

Min/Public Ent. to attend also)
Venue: Press Centre
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11:30 A M 11:30 A M Drop in to a meeting of Travel Agents in the Merrion Hotel
1 2 : 0 0 PM 12:15 PM Officially open Freds Fashion Shop

Venue: 3 5 4 / 3 5 6 North Circular Road, Phibsboro
0 1 : 4 5 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Una Claffey
0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Photocall to launch National Tea Day for Alzheimer's Society of

Ireland Noel and Maurice to attend also Venue: Front steps
(weather permitting)
0 2 : 1 5 PM 0 2 : 1 5 PM Photocall w i t h the Irish Debating Team

Venue: Govt. Bldgs.
0 2 : 2 5 PM 0 2 : 2 5 PM Mary Doyle and Peter MacDonagh re Cabinet Committee
0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Launch Pennies from Heaven

Venue: Italian Room
Wednesday, April 2 5
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09:45 AM 10:30 A M Meeting w i t h the Tanaiste Dermot McCarthy & Paul Haran to
attend also
0 7 : 1 0 PM 0 7 : 1 0 PM Attending World Cup Qualifier Republic of Ireland v. Andorra.

Meeting Team before Kick-off. ADC attending Venue : Lansdowne
Road
Thursday. April 2 6
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10:50 A M 10:50 AM Brian Collinge re Gaisce and matters pertaining t o 22 May
11:00 A M 11:00 AM Photocall to Launch Gaisce's Annual Results of the President's

A w a r d for the year 2 0 0 0
Venue: Staircase
11:30 A M 11:45 A M Courtesy Call from Ahmed Nazif, Egyptian Minister for
Communications and Technology
0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 1 : 4 5 PM Officially open UCD's Student Centre

Venue: Belfield, Dublin 4
0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Speaking to members of the Smurfit Business School

Venue: Carysfort Avenue, Blackrock, Co. Dublin
0 7 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM Hosting a Reception for The Royal Dublin Fusiliers Association

Friday, April 2 7
11:00 A M 11:00 AM Depart Dublin Airport by Government Jet
11:55 A M 11:55 A M Arrine Farranfore and transfer by car to Killarney
1 2 : 1 5 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM A t t e n d 2 0 0 1 Independent Travel Agents Conference

Venue: Great Southern Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry
0 2 : 1 0 PM 0 2 : 1 0 PM Depart Farranfore by Government Jet for Cork Airport
0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Arrine Cork Airport and transfer by car to Midelton
0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Officially open Midleton Community Enterprise Centre

Venue: Cork
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0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Turing of the sod at UCC Biosciences Project
Venue: Cork
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0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 5 : 0 0 PM Meeting Team from St. Finbarre's Beyond 2 0 0 0
Venue: Cork City
1 1 : 0 0 PM 1 1 : 0 0 PM Depart Cork Airport for Dublin Airport
Saturday, April 2 8
0 8 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 0 0 PM Opening Annual Arts Exhibition

Venue: Pobalscoil Rosmini
Sunday, April 2 9
0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM (For info) National League Division T w o Final Cork v Westmeath

Venue: Croke Park
0 3 : 4 5 PM 0 3 : 4 5 PM National League Division One Final Galway v Mayo Venue: Croke

Park
Monday, April 3 0
1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 0 0 PM Scoil Aine receiving An Taisce Environmental A w a r d

Venue: Raheny, Dublin 5
0 3 : 4 5 PM 0 3 : 4 5 PM Eoin 0 Leary & Noel Fahy
0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer
0 6 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 3 0 PM Officially open Caplin Meehan's new offices

Venue: Blackhall Green, Blackhall Place, Dublin 7
Tuesday, May 1
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0 5 : 3 0 PM 0 5 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Committee of the Irish Parliamentary (Former

Members) Society
0 6 : 1 5 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM Reception for the relatives of the ten volunteers buried in Mountjoy

Jail (Min/Justice to attend) Venue : Italian Room
0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Ministers Coughlan and 0 Cuiv and Mayo TDs and

Senators
Venue: Meeting Room
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Wednesday, May 2
09:30 AM 09 30 AM Mary Doyle
09 45 AM 10:00 AM Dermot Gallagher
10:30 AM 1 1 0 0 AM Order of Business
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Question Time
03:15 PM 03:30 PM Photograph with M Mansergh and Cambridge Post Graduate Class on
International Studies (group of 25). Venue Top of ceremonial stairs
03:45 PM 04 15 PM Photocall at the Irish Internet Association Pavilion at the e-XPO

Exhibition Venue : RDS Main Hall
04 30 PM 04.30 PM Launch Dublin Homelessness Plan

Venue Attol Suite, Guiness Store House
05:20 PM 05:30 PM Meet briefly with Dermot McCarthy and ICTU officials attending the
Cabinet Committee
05:30 PM 06 45 PM Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure Venue : Sycamore Room
06 45 PM 07:00 PM Una Claffey & Brian Cowen
Thursday, May 3
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10 00 AM 10:30 AM Briefing on the Order of Business
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11 30 AM 11 30 AM Meeting with Fr. Harry Bohan Sile de Valera attending.

Venue Taoiseach's Office
12 00 PM 01:00 PM Meeting with Minister Mary O'Rourke, John Burke (Aer Rianta), John
Lynch (CIE), Martin Mansergh and officials Venue : Sycamore Room
02 00 PM 02 45 PM Opening of Fettercairn Community Centre Venue: Tallaght
03:15 PM 03:45 PM Officiate at the Turning of the Sod Ceremony in honour of John Durkan
Venue: Dublin 8
04:30 PM 05:15 PM Interview with the Irish Times Magazine
05:15 PM 05:30 PM Taoiseach, Tanaiste & Minister for Finance
05 30 PM 06:30 PM Meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Decentralisation Venue

Sycamore Room
06:30 PM 06 30 PM Michael O Kennedy
Friday, May 4
09 30 AM 10:30 AM Meeting with First Minister David Trimble
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11:00 AM 11:30 AM Courtesy Call from Governor Gilmore, Virginia Taoiseach's Office
1 1 3 0 AM 12 00 PM Minister of State Cullen and Chairman OPW
12 30 PM 0 1 0 0 PM Address Deloitte & Touche Regional Conference

Venue Four Seasons Hotel
04:00 PM 04 00 PM Depart Dublin Airport by helicopter
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04 45 PM 04 45 PM Arrive Tipperary town
05 00 PM 05 00 PM Opening of Excel Heritage Centre Venue : Tipperary
06 00 PM 06:30 PM Tipperary Urban District Council Civic Reception in Taoiseach's honour

Venue: Urban District Council Offices, Dan Breen House, Tipperary
06 45 PM 06:45 PM Present Sports Scholarships to nine up & coming Sports Stars

Venue: Canon Hayes Recreation Centre, Tipperary Town
07:30 PM 08:00 PM Officially open Tipperary Golf Club new Club House
Venue: Tipperary
08:00 PM 08 00 PM Depart Tipperary town by helicopter
08:45 PM 08 45 PM Arrive Dublin Airport
Saturday, May 5
Sunday, May 6
For information : National Hurling League Final Tipperary V. Clare

Venue: Croke Park
12:30 PM 12 30 PM Attend John Power & Son Irish Grand National and Present Winner
with trophy.
Lunch 12 30pm, First Race 2 05pm
Monday, May 7
BANK HOLIDAY
12:30 PM 12:30 PM Perform formal opening of the African Plains in Dublin Zoo
Venue Phoenix Park
Tuesday, May 8
DAlL SITTING (2 30 P.M. - 8 30 P M )

02 30 PM 03:15 PM Question Time
03 45 PM 04:15 PM Briefing on the Order of Business
04 15 PM 04 45 PM Order of Business
05:30 PM 05:30 PM Meeting with Mr. Patrick J. Murphy, Art Advisor, OPW
08:00 PM 08:00 PM Guest of honour at the Institute of Directors of Ireland President's

Dinner Dress Blacktie
Venue Berkeley Court Hotel
Wednesday, May 9
DAIL SITTING (2 30 p.m. - 8 30 p.m.)
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09:50 AM 1145 AM Attending the 1916 Commemorative Ceremony
ADC to attend also
Venue Arbour Hill
12:00 PM 12 00 PM Launch of Nice Referendum

Venue Iveagh House
03 45 PM 03 45 PM Briefing on the Order of Business
04 15 PM 04 15 PM Order of Business
05 30 PM 06:00 PM Sarah Murphy. Media Planning (interview for the New York Times)
Thursday, May 10
DAlL SITTING (10 30 a m. - 4 45 p.m.)

11:30 AM 11 30 AM Launch of the Drugs Strategy with MoS Eoin Ryan: Venue Press
Centre
12:45 PM 01:15 PM Drop into the Junior Achievement Ireland/Dublin Docklands

Development Authority Celebration Event
Venue RDS
01 30 PM 02:00 PM Meeting with Mr Frank McManus.

02:30 PM 02:30 PM Officially launch Careers World Online

Venue Shelbourne Hotel
04:00 PM 05:00 PM Taoiseach, John Dennehy, Archbishop Brady and Bishop Flynn re Joint
Managerial Body
05:30 PM 06:00 PM Visit Dublin Castle
Friday, May 11
10:30 AM 10:30 AM Meeting with Peter Ryan

12 45 PM 12 45 PM Guest of Honour at IBEC's Annual Lunch

Venue Mansion House
04:00 PM 05:00 PM Briefing with the President

Venue Aras an Uachtarain
Saturday, May 12
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Deliver the Opening Address at the Association of Higher Civil & Public
Servants Annual Delegate Conference
Venue Burlington Hotel
Sunday, May 13
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03:30 PM 03 30 PM Attend FAI Senior Challenge Cup Final Bohemians V Longford ADC to
attend also.
Venue Tolka Park
Monday, May 14
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10 30 AM 05:00 PM Special Government Meeting on Health Policy Venue Ballymascanlon
House. Co Louth
08 00 PM 10:00 PM Reception for Cardinal Connell. ADC to attend also.

Tuesday, May 15
DAlL SITTING (2 30 P.M. - 8 30 P.M )
09 45 AM 09:45 AM Meeting with the Tanaiste

10 30 AM 10:30 AM Government Meeting
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Photocall for The Irish Heart Foundation to promote Happy Heart
Weekend
03:45 PM 04:15 PM Briefing on the Order of Business
04:15 PM 04 45 PM Order of Business
06:00 PM 06:25 PM Officially open The Pavilions Shopping Centre

Venue: Swords. Co Dublin
06:35 PM 06:35 PM Photograph to present First Ireland's Best Service Excellence Award to
Superquinn
Venue The Pavilions Shopping Centre, Swords. Co. Dublin

07:30 PM 07.30 PM Farewell dinner for Ambassador Mike Sullivan
Venue : Italian Room
Wednesday, May 16
DAlL SITTING (10.30 A M - 10.00 P.M.)
10 00 AM 10 30 AM Briefing on the Order of Business
10 30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business
11:15AM 11:15AM Meet with pupils from St. Joseph's School for the Deaf
Main Staircase, Leinster House
01 40 PM 02:15 PM Photocall and address by Taoiseach Oak Room, Mansion House
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Tour of new offices in Leinster House starting in the Whips Office
04:45 PM 04:45 PM Meet with Joe Lennon
05:15 PM 05:15 PM Photo with Dermot Cooke and

Fas Exchange Trainees, Front steps

DAlL SITTING (10 30 A M - 4 45 P.M.)
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Meeting with Michael Moynihan

10:00 AM 10 30 AM Briefing on the Order of Business
10 30 AM 1 1 0 0 AM Order of Business
01 00 PM 01 00 PM Visit to Aras Chronain (Irish Centre)
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03:00 PM 03:00 PM Visit to Community School
Venue Lucan
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Visit to Round Towers new development

Venue Clondalkin
06 30 PM 06:30 PM Present Prizes Minor Football League Winners

Venue Round Tower GAA Club
07 30 PM 08 00 PM Chapelizod Residents Association - Launch of Local Area Plan

Venue Mansion House
09:00 PM 09 00 PM
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Friday, May 18
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08 15 AM 09:45 AM Tour of Farmleigh with Minister of State Cullen Dermot McCarthy to
attend also
Saturday, May 19
10:30 AM 10:50 AM Address the Irish Sports Council High Performance Strategy
Foundation Event: Burlington Hotel
Sunday, May 20
02 00 PM 04.00 PM Attending St Patrick's Festival 2001

Venue: Grandstand, O'Connell Street
Monday, May 21
01:00 PM 01:00 PM Launch St Vincents Primary School's Schoolyard Murals

Venue: Glasnevin, Dublin 11
02:00 PM 02:30 PM Officiate at the redevelopment of St. Joseph's Mansions

Venue Killarney Street, Dublin 1
03 00 PM 03:30 PM Launch the Networking Society new server Venue : Dublin City
University
03:30 PM 04 00 PM Launch the DCU new Strategic Plan - Leading Change Venue : Dublin
City University
05 00 PM 05:30 PM Courtesy Call from Former US President Bill Clinton Venue:

07:00 PM 09 15 PM Independent News and Media Reception in Trinity College Dublin

(followed by Independent Lecture by former President Bill Clinton)
Tuesday, May 22

02 30 PM 02 30 PM Question Time
03:30 PM 03:45 PM Eoin O Leary (briefing on Cabinet Committee on European Affairs)
03:45 PM 04:45 PM Meeting with the IRFU re Campus and Stadium Ireland (Ministers
McCreevy and McDaid and officials to attend also) Venue : Sycamore
Room
05 00 PM 06 00 PM Cabinet Committee on European Affairs Venue : Sycamore Room
Thursday, May 24
DAlL SITTING (10 30 A M - 4 45 P M.)
08:00 AM 09:00 AM Launch PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology Forecast 2001-2003

Venue: Shelbourne Hotel
09:00 AM 09:45 AM Taoiseach, Tanaiste. Ministers for Finance and Environment and MoS
Molloy (re Housing)
10:00 AM 10:30 AM Hold
11 20 AM 11:30 AM Photo opportunity with TV3 - relaunching of the Cooley Peninsula
12:15 PM 12 45 PM Meeting with delegation from the Russian Duma

Venue Sycamore Room
12:45 PM 01:15 PM Minister For Finance, Martin Mansergh plus officials from D Finance
and OPW re Farnham Estate
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Officially open Liffey Distributors Ltd new premises

Venue 309 Northwest Business Park, Blanchardstown. Dublin 15
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Officially launch the Gerry Daly Garden ie website Venue: 90 Merrion
Square, Dublin 2
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04 00 PM 04 30 PM Interview with Tommie O Gorman (ref Joe Lennon): Venue Taoiseach's
Office
04:30 PM 05 30 PM Keep Free
07:15 PM 10:00 PM Officially open the extension to the Kildare Hotel and Country Club
(followed by dinner) Venue Straffan
Friday, May 25
06:30 PM 06 30 PM Official opening of Ballyfermot Community Civic Centre
09:30 PM 09:30 PM Late Late Show, Montrose
Saturday, May 26
09:20 AM 09:20 AM Addressing Public and Private Health Care Conference

Venue: Mater Hospital
Sunday, May 27
Monday, May 28
08:15 AM 08.15 AM Depart Dublin Airport for Farranfore by Government Jet
08.55 AM 08 55 AM Arrive Farranfore and transfer to Killarney
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Government meeting Venue Muckross House, Killarney
12 45 PM 12 45 PM Government lunch Venue Garden Restaurant, Muckross House
04 30 PM 04:30 PM Depart Farranfore by Government Jet for Dublin Airport
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07:00 PM 07:30 PM Present students with Certificates under the National Council for
Vocational Awards (NCVA)
Venue 29 Bow Street. Dublin 7
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Tuesday, May 29
DAlL SITTING (2 30 P M . - 8 30 P.M.)
12:00 PM 12:30 PM Meeting with US Senators John McCain and Fred Thompson and
delegation Venue : Taoiseach's Meeting Room
02 30 PM 03:15 PM Question Time
03 30 PM 03:30 PM Photograph with Danny O'Brien

03 45 PM 04:15 PM Briefing on the Order of Business
06:00 PM 06 00 PM Launch ESRI Report on the Economic. Employment & Social Profile of
the Greater Dublin Region
Venue: Burlington Road
08 00 PM 08 00 PM Attend Annual Sunday Indpendent/BMW Business of the Year Award

Dinner Dress is Blacktie
Venue Dublin Castle
Wednesday, May 30
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09:00 AM 09:45 AM Taoiseach, Minister for the Environmet, AG and Deputy Michael
Noonan: Venue Meeting Room
09 45 AM 10 00 AM Briefing for PM Persson meeting Venue Taoiseach's meeting Room
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01 30 PM 01 45 PM Presentation of President s Medal and citation by CIPFA
03:30 PM 05:30 PM Meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson Venue :
05:45 PM 06:00 PM Mary Doyle re Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion and infrastructure
related matters
06:00 PM 07:00 PM Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion Venue : Sycamore Room
07:30 PM 07:30 PM News of the World Spirit of Ireland Awards

Venue Conrad Hotel.
Thursday, May 31
Overnight Thursday in the Mount Errigal Hotel
DAlL SITTING (10 30 A M - 4 45 P M )
09:00 AM 09:20 AM Michael Collins and John Creegan
09:20 AM 09:35 AM Minister of State Joe Jacob
09.35 AM 10:00 AM Minister of State Willie O'Dea
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10:00 AM 10 30 AM Briefing on the Order of Business
11 30 AM 12:15PM Launch 50th Wexford Opera Festival Venue Guinness Hop Store
01 00 PM 01 00 PM Depart Dublin Airport for Derry Airport by Government Jet
01 40 PM 01 40 PM Arrive Derry Aiport and transfer by car to Carndonagh
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Officially open Milltown House

Venue Carndonagh, Co Donegal
03:45 PM 04:15 PM Launch of North West Rural Development report Venue: Buncrana
Inishowen Hotel, Co Donegal
05:00 PM 05:00 PM Visit the Hospice Project at Knocknamona

Venue Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Officiate at the launch ceremony at the new Holiday Inn Hotel
Venue: Letterkenny, Co. Donegal
06:50 PM 06:50 PM Minister Dempsey and Minister of State Molloy
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11 00 PM 11 00 PM Overnight in Letterkenny
Friday, June 1
10 30 AM 10:30 AM Open the new road between Donegal Town & Ballybofey, Known as
"Clar-Barnes"
Venue Donegal
11:10AM 11:10AM Harvey's Point Hotel

Venue Donegal Town
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12:30 PM 12:30 PM Depart Donegal Town for Killybegs
01:30 PM 01 30 PM Visit the Donegal Carpets Factory

Venue: Killybegs, Co. Donegal
02 00 PM 02 00 PM Depart for Glenties
02:30 PM 02 30 PM Officially open Glenties Environmental Improvement Scheme

Venue: Glenties
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Depart for Dungloe
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Officially open Dungloe Environmental Improvement Schemes

Venue: Dungloe
04:15 PM 04:15 PM Officially open the Old Gweedore Hotel & Heritage Centre
Venue: Donegal
05:00 PM 05:00 PM Depart Carrickfinn Airport by CASA for Dublin Airport
Saturday, J u n e 2
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03:00 PM 03:00 PM Attending World Cup Qualifier Republic of Ireland v. Portugal
Venue : Lansdowne Road
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Depart Dublin Airport for Farranfore
07:00 PM 07:30 PM Address World Conference of Credit Unions, Great Southern Hotel,
Killarney
Sunday, J u n e 3
Monday, J u n e 4
BANK HOLIDAY
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02 45 PM 02 45 PM Attend Ballybeggan Park National Hunt Racing & present the prize to
the winner for the major race of the day
Venue: Tralee, Co. Kerry
05:00 PM 05:00 PM Depart Farranfore for Dublin
Tuesday, J u n e 5
04:30 PM 04 45 PM Brief meeting with Tony Hanahoe

04:45 PM 05:30 PM Meet with deputation from Enniscorthy Urban Council re unemployment
in Enniscorthy
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Six One News re Nice Referendum, RTE Studios, Donnybrook
07:30 PM 07:30 PM Open Dublin Funds Industry Association 4th Annual DFIA/NICSA
International Mutual Fund Committee
Venue: City Hall, Dame Street. Dublin 2
Wednesday, J u n e 6
03:45 PM 03:45 PM Meeting with Mr John O'Neill, CEO. AXA

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Thursday, J u n e 7
Referendum on Nice Treaty, Death Penalty and the International

Criminal Court
02:45 PM 03:00 PM Dermot McCarthy
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Meeting with Paulo Portas
03:30 PM 03:45 PM Gerard Collins
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Officially open Liam Wall's new offices

Venue: City Junction Business Park, Northern Cross, Malahide Road,
Dublin 17
08:00 PM 08:30 PM Open Irish Association of Teachers in Special Education 13th Annual
Conference
Venue: Drumcondra
Friday, J u n e 8
07:30 PM 07:30 PM Present Shannon Homes with Tipperary Cyrstal Vase

Venue: Chapelgate. Drumcondra, Dublin 9
Saturday, J u n e 9
Sunday, J u n e 10
Monday, J u n e 11
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12:00 PM 12:00 PM Officially open Dublin Adult Learning Centre Creche
Venue: Mountjoy Square, Dublin 1
01:00 PM 01:00 PM Present the Institute of Architect of Ireland Award Gold Medal to Carian
O'Connor
Venue: Botanic Gardens
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Meeting with John Swinney, Leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party
05:00 PM 05:30 PM Officially open Clareville Senior Citizens Complex

Venue: Glasnevin, Dublin 9
06:00 PM 06:30 PM Officially open St. Agatha's Hall

Venue: Charleville Mall Library, Charleville Mall, North Strand, Dublin 3
Tuesday, J u n e 12
DAlL SITTING (2.30 P.M. - 10.00 P.M.)
09:30 AM 09:45 AM Dermot Gallagher and Eoin O'Leary
09:45 AM 09:45 AM Meeting with the Tanaiste

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03:30 PM 03:30 PM Briefly drop into Martin Mansergh's meeting with Canadian University
Students (for a photograph)
05:30 PM 06:00 PM Launch of Coiste Comhairleach na nOg

V e n u e : Italian Room
06:30 PM 07:00 PM (Minister Woods representing Taoiseach)

Officially open Ogilvy & Mather's (O&M) new premises
Venue: Ely Place, Dublin 2
06:30 PM 06:30 PM D3il Statements on the outcome of the Nice Referendum
08:30 PM 08:30 PM Sile de Valera
Wednesday, June 13
DAlL SITTING 10.30 A M - 1 0 . 0 0 P.M.)
09:00 AM 10:00 AM Cabinet Committee on Asylum Seekers Venue : Sycamore Room
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02.30 PM 03:15 PM Question Time
03:30 PM 03:45 PM Make a contribution to a video for the Federation of Irish Beekeepers re
bid to bring the World Apimondia Congress to Ireland in 2005
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03:45 PM 03:45 PM Photocall to promote Dave McEnroe & Aine Feeny's new car & truck
driving school
Venue: Government Buildings
03:55 PM 04:10 PM Meeting with Mr Des Hanafin

05:00 PM 06:00 PM Cabinet Committee on European Affairs Venue : Dining Room
06:00 PM 07:30 PM Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure Venue : Sycamore Room
Thursday, J u n e 14
08:30 AM 08:50 AM Officially open the IT Ireland Conference

09:15 AM 10.00 AM Meeting with Mr. Michael Dell

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10:30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business (being taken by the Tanaiste)
02:00 PM 02 00 PM Depart Dublin Airport for Gothenburg
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04:55 PM 04:55 PM Arrive Gothenburg and transfer to hotel (Local Time)
07:00 PM 07:00 PM Dinner for HoSG with President Bush followed by meeting with Prime
Minister Blair (Local Time)
Friday, J u n e 15
European Council Meeting, Gothenburg
Saturday, J u n e 16

European Council Meeting, Gothenburg
04:50 PM 04:50 PM Arrive Dublin Airport from Gothenburg
07:30 PM 07:30 PM Officially open Irish National Teachers' Organisation ( I N T O . ) newly

restored Headquarters
Venue: 34 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
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Sunday, June 17
Monday, J u n e 18
12:30 PM 12:30 PM Depart Dublin Airport for RAF Northolt by Air Taxi
02:30 PM 06:30 PM Nl talks, Downing Street.
07:00 PM 07:00 PM Depart RAF Northolt for Dublin Airport by Air Taxi (time may change)
Tuesday, June 19
09.00 AM 09 10 AM Photocall & brief meeting with Seymour Papert MIT

St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra.
09:45 AM 09:45 AM Meeting with the Tanaiste Dermot McCarthy & Paul Haran to attend
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02:20 PM 02:20 PM Drop in to meet delegation from Northern Ireland Civil Service
Commissioners, Private Dining Room, Leinster House (Ref Frank
Murray).
03 15 PM 03:15 PM Greet students from Bangor Academy,

Main Staircase, Leinster House
03:40 PM 03:40 PM Phone call to President McAleese re Gothenburg European Council

and enlargement
04:15 PM 04.45 PM Order of Business
05:30 PM 05:45 PM Meeting with the Czech Speaker and small delegation Venue : Meeting
Room
06:00 PM 06:30 PM Courtesy Call from the Brazilian Ambassador Venue: Taoiseach's
Office
06:30 PM 06:45 PM Mary Doyle re infrastructure matters
06:45 PM 06:45 PM Brian Murphy
06:50 PM 07:45 PM Interview with Brooke Lapping (Dan Edge) re Northern Ireland Peace
Process
Venue : Room 301
08:00 PM 08:00 PM Opening The Sea Bank House (Tavern Pub)

Venue: Eastwall, Dublin 3

09:45 AM 09:45 AM Depart Dublin Airportl for Edinburgh
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business (Tanaiste confirmed)
10:45 AM 10:45 AM Arrive Edinburgh Airport
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Question Time (questions postponed by the opposition)
08:50 PM 08:50 PM Depart Glasgow Airport for Dublin by air tkxi
09:40 PM 09:40 PM Arrive Dublin Airport l

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W e d n e s d a y , J u n e 20
DAIL SITTING (10.30 A M - 10.00 P.M.)
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09:45 AM 09:45 AM Depart Dublin Airport I Pfor Edinburgh
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business (Tanaiste confirmed)
10:45 AM 10:45 AM Arrive Edinburgh Airport
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Question Time (questions postponed by the opposition)
08:50 PM 08:50 PM Depart Glasgow Airport for Dublin by air taxi
09:40 PM 09:40 PM Arrive Dublin Airport |

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DAIL SITTING (10.30 A M - 10.00 P.M.)
09:15 AM 09:30 AM Senator Rory Kiely and John Cregan

09:30 AM 10:00 AM Briefing in advance of the Estimates meeting at 12.30pm
10:30 AM 11.00 AM Order of Business
11:00 AM 12:10 PM D3il Statements on Gothenburg European Council
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12:30 PM 02:00 PM Estimates meeting with the Joint Committee on Finance & the Public
Service Venue : Kildare House
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Dermot Gallagher. Eoin O'Leary and Rory Montgomery re Prodi visit
04:00 PM 04:10 PM Una Claffey
05:00 PM 06:00 PM Meeting with Commission President Prodi. Tete a tete followed by
meeting with Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs.
08:00 PM 08:00 PM Dinner hosted by the Taoiseach in honour of Commission President

P r o d i m ^ M j M ^ ^ ^ p V e n u e : Dublin Castle
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Friday, J u n e 22
DAlL SITTING (10.30 A.M. - 5.00 P.M.)
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Present prizes at Finbarrs Boys National School Open Day
Venue: Cabra West. Dublin 7
11:00 AM 11:00 AM Annual Dental Health Awards Ref: Anna Bogle

Venue: Scoil ide, Girls National School, Cromcastle Green, Kilmore
Road West, Dublin 5
12:00 PM 12:30 PM Unveil bust of Veronica Guerin

01:00 PM 01:00 PM Attend Bord Failte's Home Holiday Campaign reception

Venue: Garden Room, 2nd Floor, Morrison Hotel
02:00 PM 03:00 PM Lay foundation stone for the new development at Mountainview Court
Venue: Summerhill. Dublin 1
03:30 PM 04:15 PM Present the NCVA Certificates to local women participants

Venue CERT Amiens Street. Dublin 1
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Saturday, J u n e 23 f
11:30 AM 11:30 AM Depart Dublin Airport Farranfore I:
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12:00 PM 12:00 PM Arrive Farranfore and transfer to Kenmare by car
01:00 PM 10:30 PM Programme with Commission President Prodi in Killarney

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Sunday, J u n e 24
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Officially opening the next phase of Flancare's Development

Venue: Carrigeen Industrial Estate, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
08:00 PM 08:00 PM Depart for Iceland
Monday, J u n e 25
Visit to Iceland
Tuesday, J u n e 26
New York
UN Aids Conference
10:30 AM 10:30 AM Government Meeting (Tanaiste to chair)
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Question Time (Taoiseach's questions postponed)
04:15 PM 04:45 PM Order of Business (being taken by Minister Woods)
10:30 AM 11 00 AM FOR INFORMATION ONLY : Order of Business (being taken by the

Tanaiste)
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02:30 PM 02:30 PM FOR INFORMATION ONLY : Question Time (Taoiseach's questions
postponed)
Thursday, J u n e 28
DAlL SITTING (10.30 A M - 1 0 . 0 0 P.M.)
10:30 AM 11 00 AM FOR INFORMATION ONLY : Order of Business (being taken by the

Tanaiste)
01:00 PM 01:00 PM Depart Dublin Airport for RAF Aldergrove I
01:30 PM 01:30 PM Arrive RAF Aldergrove
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01:35 PM 01:35 PM T r a n s f e r f e M ^ ^ ^ ^ B t o Hillsborough
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Northern Ireland talks in Hillsborough (
08:00 PM 08:00 PM Depart RAF Aldergrov
Friday, J u n e 29
Saturday, J u n e 30
10:30 AM 10:30 AM John Barry Wreath Laying Ceremony
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11:00 AM 11.00 AM Official opening of Quay Front Extension followed by short walkabout
Venue: Wexford
11:30 AM 11:45 AM Meeting with MOS Hugh Byrne & Employmnt Task Force
Venue: Talbot Hotel
11 45 AM 11:45 AM Meeting with representatives from the Wexford Chamber of Commerce

& Industry
Venue. Talbot Hotel
12:15 PM 12:15 PM Launch of Dr Peter Bacon's Rural Development Strategy for Wexford
commissioned by Wexford Co. Council
Venue Talbot Hotel
12:45 PM 12:55 PM Meeting with Members of Wexford Borough Council

Venue: Talbot Hotel, Wexford Town
01:00 PM 01:00 PM Lunch

Venue Talbot Hotel
01:45 PM 01:45 PM Visit to the new Wexford GAA Park
02:10 PM 02:10 PM Depart by car for Enniscorthy
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Unveil plaque at Enniscorthy Enterprise & Technology Centre

Venue: Enniscorthy Vocational College Campus jr
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Attend Enniscorthy's UDC Civic Reception

Venue: National 1798 Visitors Centre
04:00 PM 05:00 PM Officially open Co. Wexford Strawberry Festival 2001

Venue: Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford
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Monday, July 2
01:00 PM 01:00 PM Officially open Temple Street MRI Scanner

Venue: Temple Street, Dublin 1.
02:00 PM 02 45 PM Officially open the New Cabra Library

Venue: Old Cabra Road, Rataoth Junction, Dublin 7
03:15 PM 03:15 PM Laying the foundation stone for Focus Ireland's new housing project
Venue:Holy Faith Convent, Cappagh Road, Finglas
04:30 PM 04:30 PM Participate in the Belvedere College Union Video

Venue: St. Lukes
05:00 PM 05:30 PM Minister for Finance and Paddy Teahon: Venue St Lukes
Tuesday, July 3
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03:20 PM 03:20 PM Photograph with 33 Argentinian Students. Venue Ceremonial Stairs.
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Photograph with Michael Treacy, for Brendan Kenneally. Venue
Taoiseach's Office
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03:35 PM 03:35 PM Photo with Maurice O Keeffe (re Thomas Francis Maher picture).
Taoiseach's Office
W e d n e s d a y , July 4
DAlL SITTING (10.30 A M - 10.00 P.M )
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Courtesy call from Argentinian Ambassador Venue : Taoiseach's office
10.00 AM 10:30 AM Briefing on the Order of Business
03:30 PM 04:30 PM Meeting with The Corporate Policy Group, Fingal County Council Gerry
Hickey to attend also
Venue: Meeting Room
04:30 PM 04:30 PM Meeting with Anglo-American/ Ivernia West

Venue: Meeting Room
05 00 PM 06:15 PM Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure Venue : Sycamore Room
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06:45 PM 06 45 PM Depart Dublin Airport Northolt
07 45 PM 07.45 PM Arrive RAF Northolt and transfer by car to Downing Street
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DAlL SITTING (10 30 A M - 7.00 P.M.)
10:30 AM 11 00 AM [FOR INFORMATION ONLY : MINISTER WOODS] Order of Business
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12:00 PM 12:00 PM Depart RAF Northolt l i ^ J ^ r Sligo Airport
01:30 PM 01:30 PM Arrive Sligo Airport and transfer by car to Bundoran
02:00 PM 03:00 PM Address ICTU Biennial Conference

Venue Bundoran, Co. Donegal
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03 30 PM 03:30 PM Depart Sligo Airport for Dublin Airport{
04:10 PM 04:10 PM Arrive Dublin Airport
05 30 PM 05:30 PM Meeting with new Lord Mayor of Dublin & Owen Keegan
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Drinks for Dermot Gallagher. Venue: Sycamore Room
07:00 PM 07:00 PM Chief Whips End of Session Drinks Venue : Italian Room (7.00pm to
9.00pm)
Friday, J u l y 6
DAlL SITTING (10.30 A.M. - 2 00 P.M.)
09:00 AM 09:00 AM Briefing
09:15 AM 09 45 AM Michael Noonan and delegation re National Forum on Europe Venue

Meeting Room
09 45 AM 10:15 AM Ruairi Quinn and delegation re National Forum on Europe Venue :

Meeting Room
10:40 AM 10 40 AM Launch Integrated Services Process (ISP) Documents


12:30 PM 01:00 PM Officially open Kill International Equestrian Centre new facility
Venue: Kill, Co. Kildare
01:15 PM 0 1 4 5 PM Officially open Naas Sports Centre

Venue: Naas, Co. Kildare
01:45 PM 02:15 PM Walk about Naas
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Officially open Phase 2 of the Thompson Business & Enterprise Centre
Venue: Clane, Co. Kildare (timing prov)
02:55 PM 03:15 PM Formally open The Wheelchair Association National Mobility Centre
Venue: Clane, Co. Kildare
03:30 PM 04:00 PM Open Redeveloped Harbour

Venue: Kilcock
04:15 PM 04:45 PM Turn sod at Maynooth Business Centre

Venue: Maynooth
05:00 PM 05:00 PM Brief Visit to Schneider Electric

Venue: Maynooth Road, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
05:20 PM 05:20 PM Officially open Cill Seilin

Venue: Saint Raphael's, Celbridge, Co. Kildare
10:30 PM 11:15 PM Attend Ashbourne Golf Club prize giving ceremony at a Golf Classic in
aid of The Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust
Venue: Ashbourne
Saturday, July 7

09:00 PM 10:00 PM Attend Beggsboro A F C . Presentation Night
Venue: Cabra, Dublin 7
Sunday, J u l y 8
11:25 AM 11:25 AM National Day of Commemoration

Venue: Royal Hospital Kilmainham
04:20 PM 04:20 PM Attend Wexford v Kilkenny Leinster Hurling Final Hurling

Venue: Croke Park
09:00 PM 09:00 PM Drop into St Peter's Church community celebration

Venue: Dalymount Park
Monday, J u l y 9
Weston Park Talks

Venue: Shropshire, England
Tuesday, J u l y 10
Weston Park Talks

Venue: Shropshire, England
03:30 PM 05:00 PM Reception for the Foreign Policy Association of New York: Venue Italian
Room [MINISTER SMITH TO DEPUTISE]
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04:00 PM 04:00 PM Meet with PM Blair followed by talks with parties
Saturday, July 14
S u n d a y , J u l y 15
Attending Dublin v Meath Football Finals

Venue: Croke Park
Monday, July 16
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Interview with BBC World Service re Brazil

Venue : St. Lukes
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Interview with Graciela Iglesias-Rogers, Chief European

Correspondent, La Nacion Newspaper. Argentina Venue St Lukes
07:30 PM 07:30 PM
Departure for Brazil (time approximate)
Tuesday, July 17
Brazil
W e d n e s d a y , J u l y 18
Brazil
10:30 AM 10:30 AM Government meeting (to be chaired by the Tanaiste)
Thursday, July 19
Brazil
Friday, July 20
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Brazil
Saturday, July 21
Brazil
Sunday, July 22
Monday, July 23
Argentina
Tuesday, July 24
Argentina
W e d n e s d a y , July 25
Argentina
T h u r s d a y , July 26
09 00 AM 01:00 PM Attend PPF Plenary Quarterly Meeting

01:45 PM 02:00 PM Drop in to a lunch for the Task Force on Foot and Mouth Venue : Italian
Room
03 30 PM 04:00 PM Courtesy Call from Michael Soprt'mers. National Treasury Management

Agency
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06:45 PM 07:15 PM Launch of Prof. Jarlath Roynane's Book entitled "First Fleet to
Federation"
Venue: Trinity College
08:00 PM 08:00 PM Government Dinner Venue. Farmleigh (Ministers to arrive for 7.45pm)
12:29 PM 12:30 PM [TO BE DONE AFTER THE LUNCH ON THE WAY TO THE COUNCIL
CHAMBER] NDP Photocall with Tanaiste and Minister McCreevy for
launch of Funding Guide Venue: Front Steps (weather permitting)
12:30 PM 05:00 PM Government meeting commencing with lunch in the Sycamore Room

Saturday, July 28
04:00 PM 04 00 PM Formally open Farmleigh House

Venue: Phoenix Park
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Monday, July 30
Tuesday, July 31
03:30 PM 03:45 PM Photocall for new Enterprise Centre (Fiontarlann Teo) Venue
Westside, Galway
04:15 PM 04:45 PM Officially open the Galway Technology Park

Venue: Parkmore, Galway
Wednesday, A u g u s t 1
10:15AM 10:15AM Meeting with Senator Margaret Cox

Venue: Great Southern Hotel, Galway
11:00 AM 11:00 AM Officially open the Galway Advertiser's new offices

Venue: Eyre Square, Galway City
11:30 AM 11:45 AM Launch new sponsorship for Cumann Peil Gael na mban (Ladies Gaelic
Football Association) Venue: Radison Hotel
Thursday, A u g u s t 2
04:00 PM 04:00 PM
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06:30 PM 06:30 PM Officially open the Mirror World Championship Howth 2001
Venue: Howth
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11:00 AM 11:00 AM Meeting with SDLP

Venue: Taoiseach's meeting room
12:00 PM 12:00 PM Meeting with the National Taxi Drivers Union
12.30 PM 12:30 PM Brief meeting with Peter Ryan
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05:00 PM 05:00 PM * Briefing meeting with officials re Chinese visit.

Venue: St. Lukes
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09:00 PM 09:00 PM DubhrÔjs Charity Classic Dinner.
Saturday, September 1
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Attend World Cup Qualifier Republic of Ireland v. Holland Venue
Lansdowne Road
Sunday, September 2
All Ireland Senior Football Semi Final (Meath v Kerry) Venue : Croke
Park (3.30)
All Ireland Minor Football Semi Final (Dublin v Kerry) Venue : Croke
Park (2.00)
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Greet Premier Zhu of China at Dublin Airportl

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05:55 PM 07:00 PM Attend a special performance of Riverdance in honour of the Chinese

Premier Venue Royal Hospital Kilmainhamj
Monday, September 3
09.00 AM 09:00 AM Meeting with Minister for Foreign Affairs,

Venue: Farmleigh.
09:25 AM 11 40 AM Meeting with Premier Zhu of China (followed by press conference)
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12:00 PM 12:00 PM Open National Mapping Agencies of Europe Annual General Assembly
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03:00 PM 03:00 PM Meet with Mary and Martin Phelan re Jo Jo Dullard case Deputy John
McGuiness to attend also Venue : St. Lukes
04:30 PM 04:30 PM Minister for Finance Venue : St. Lukes
06:50 PM 06:50 PM State Dinner for Premier Zhu of China

Venue: Dublin Castlef
Tuesday, September 4
08:30 AM 10:00 AM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for the Environment and Local
Government Venue : Sycamore Room
10:00 AM 11:30 AM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Defence Venue : Sycamore
Room
11:30 AM 01:00 PM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural
Development Venue : Sycamore Room
01 30 PM 03:00 PM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Foreign Affairs Venue : Sycamore
Room
03:00 PM 04:30 PM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the
Islands Venue : Sycamore Room

Wednesday, September 5
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09:50 AM 09:50 AM Departure of Premier Zhu of China from Dublin Airpor
•11 • 15 AM 11:15 AM Government meeting (Tanaiste not attending)
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Photocall with Mr. Tom Walsh, Director General, Health & Safety
Authority
03:00 PM 04:00 PM Attend Dail na nOg with MoS Hanifan Venue : Mansion House
04:15 PM 04:15 PM Photocall with Robert Goggins, Editor, Hoops Magazine

04:30 PM 06:00 PM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Social, Community and Family
Affairs Venue : Sycamore Room
06:00 PM 06:15 PM Brief meeting with US visitors Regina O'Callaghan Whiffin and her
husband Patrick Venue : Taoiseach's Office
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Thursday, September 6
Trip to Mayo
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09:00 AM 09:00 AM Interview with John Downing Venue : St. Lukes
10:00 AM 10:00 AM Depart Dublin Airport for Knock
01 00 PM 01.00 PM Launch Ballina Chamber of Commerce New Website

Venue: Ballina, Co Mayo
Friday, September 7
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Trip to Mayo
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Officially open Xonen Technologies Ltd

Knock Airport
04:15 PM 04:15 PM Depart Knock Airport for Dublin
07:00 PM 08:00 PM Drop in to CRC 50th Anniversary,

Pre-Dinner reception, St. Patrick's Hall,
Dublin Castle
08:00 PM 08:00 PM Drop in to Bohemians V. Shamrock Rovers League Match Venue

Dalymount Park (Kick-off 7.45pm)
Drop in to Bord Bia Irish Champion Stakes Race Day Venue:

Leopardstown Racecourse (First Race 1.40pm, Main Race 3.50pm)
06:20 PM 06:20 PM Record the Premiership with Eamonn Dunphy Venue : TV Centre, RTE
Sunday, September 9
03:30 PM 03:30 PM All Ireland Hurling Final Galway V. Tipperary Venue : Croke Park
Monday, September 10
01 30 PM 01:30 PM Visit Dominican College Cabra

(Principle Mary Keane)
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02:30 PM 02:30 PM Launch the Institute of Engineers of Ireland STEPS Programme
Venue: Lucan Community College, Lucan
04:00 PM 04:00 PM Present Teagasc Students with Diplomas

Venue: Botanic Gardens
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Cabinet Committee on Abortion Venue : Sycamore Room
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Charlie McCreevy, Dermot McCarthy, Paddy Teahon, David Doyle,
Laura Magahy
07:00 PM 07:00 PM Officially open Harold's Cross Greyhound Stadium

Venue: Harold's Cross, Dublin 6 W
08:30 AM 10:00 AM Bilateral meeting with the Attorney General Venue : Sycamore Room
10:00 AM 11:30 AM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Education and Science Venue
Sycamore Room
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01:00 PM 02:00 PM Meeting with Sinn Fein
02:00 PM 03:30 PM Bilateral meeting with the Tanaiste Venue : Sycamore Room
02:30 PM 02:40 PM Richard Haass, & US Ambassador Richard Egan.
03:30 PM 05:00 PM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Marine and Natural Resources
Venue : Sycamore Room
05:00 PM 06:30 PM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Finance Venue: Sycamore Room
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10:15AM 10:15AM Meeting with the Tanaiste
10:30 AM 10:30 AM Government meeting
02:00 PM 03:30 PM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform
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06:15 PM 06:15 PM Guest of Honour at the paddypower.com Greyhound Derby.
JVenue: Shelbourne Park
Sunday, September 16
12:30 PM 12:30 PM Attend Special Mass for victims of terrorist attack in America (to be
celebrated by Cardinal Connell) Venue : Pro Cathedral
03:30 PM 03:30 PM All Ireland Camogie Final Venue: Croke Park
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12:00 PM 12:00 PM Photocall to present ISO 9001 Award to Doherty Advertising Ltd.
Venue: St. Lukes
12:30 PM 01:00 PM Officially open the Clarion Hotel

Venue: IFSC
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Officially open the Scouting Ireland's new headquarters

Venue: Larch Hill, Co. Dublin
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Courtesy Call from Rev. Harold Good, President of the Methodist
Church
Venue: St. Lukes
08:45 AM 09:15 AM Courtesy Call by Ambassador Richard J Egan

09:15 AM 09:45 AM Dick Roche

10:25 AM 10:25 AM Launch 4th annual Review of Programme for Government. Venue
Steps of Government Buildings
12:00 PM 01:30 PM Statements in D£il re bombings in US
02:00 PM 02:45 PM Meeting with ASEAN Ambassadors Venue : Sycamore Room
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Launch Dublinia's new Exhibition

Venue: St. Michael's Hill, Christ Church, Dublin 8
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04:00 PM 04:00 PM Plant a Tree at Focus Housing 10th Anniversary Celebrations
Venue: Stanhope Green, Stanhope Street, Dublin 7
05:30 PM 05:30 PM Photocall at the ESCADA Shop

Venue: Grafton Street, Dublin 2
07:15 AM 07:15 AM Depart Dublin Airport for RAF Northolt
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09:00 AM 11:00 AM Breakfast meeting in Downing Street
01:00 PM 01:00 PM Launch the ECDL Equalskills Initiative

Venue: Shannon Airport
01:30 PM 01 40 PM Meeting with Shannon Airport Police
02:00 PM 02:30 PM Open Lynch Hotels New Corporate Headquarters

Venue: Ennis, Co. Clare
03:00 PM 03:30 PM Visit Ennis General Hospital
11:30AM 11:40AM Photocall with Ennis Information Age Town Delegation

Venue: West County Hotel, Ennis

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09:00 AM 09:45 AM Arrive Engineering Steel & Material Ltd
Venue: Kilmallock Road, Limerick
09:50 AM 10:20 AM Arrive Donoughmore National School
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Arrive Roxboro National School
11:10 AM 11 40 AM Arrive Knockea National School
12:00 PM 12:50 PM Arrive St. Michael's Community College

Venue: Cappamore, Co. Limerick
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Officially open SIFA's new Nitrates facility

Venue: Shannon Industrial Estate
07:00 PM 10:30 PM Special Informal European Council, Brussels
08:30 PM 08:30 PM Guest of Honour at the Building Manager of the Year Awards and
present the Awards to the winners/-? flmPffMBne, Burlington
Hotel [Minister for Environment to s t a n c H H o ^ ^ i o i s e a c h ]
11:30 PM 11:30 PM Drop in to the St. Oliver Plunketts Huring Football & Camogie Club to
draw winning ticket
Venue: Glenarriff Road, Navan Road, Dublin 7 (timing prov)
03:30 PM 03:30 PM All Ireland Football Final

Venue: Croke Park
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10:00 AM 10:30 AM Launch of Research Document Vincentian Housing Partnership
Venue: Rendu Apartments, North William Street, Dublin 1
11:00 AM 11:00 AM Ceremonial Welcome for President of Lithuania

12:30 PM 12:30 PM Launch of Dublin Inner City Partnership

Venue: Collins Barracks, Dublin 7
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Courtesy call from President of Lithuania

Venue: Govt. Bldgs.
06:30 PM 07:00 PM Officially open Sutton Golf Club's new Clubhouse Venue: Cushpoint,
Sutton
07:45 PM 07:45 PM State Dinner for the President of Lithuania

09:30 AM 11:00 AM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Public Enterprise Venue
Sycamore Room
11:00 AM 11:00 AM Gender Equality Conference

Venue: Italian Room
12:40 PM 12:40 PM Lunch hosted by Taoiseach for President of Lithuania

Venue: Iveagh House
02:25 PM 02:30 PM Drop in to a meeting between Judge Barron and Justice for the
Forgotten Venue : Room 308
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Meeting with Mr. Roddy Molloy, FAS

04:00 PM 04:00 PM Presentation of the proposals for the Garden of Remembrance &
,Parnell Square by OPW
' Venue: Govt Bldgs (Sycamore Room).
04:30 PM 04:30 PM Tanaiste
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06:00 PM 06:00 PM Launch book entitled "The Ultimate Encyclopaedia of Gaelic Games'
Venue: Alliance HQ, Burlington House, Burlington Road, Dublin 4
07:00 PM 07:30 PM North East Inner City Local Radio

Venue: Civic Offices

~ Dermot McCarthy & Paul Haran to attend also
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Meeting with Angela Kerins

04:00 PM 04:30 PM Senator Denis O'Donovan

06:15 PM 06:30 PM Minister Noel Dempsey, Mary Doyle (pre-meeting)
06:30 PM 06:30 PM Meeting with Deputation of Oireachtas members and Western Road
Action Committee. Min Noel Dempsey to attend also
Venue: Sycamore Room.
09:30 AM 11:00 AM Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion Venue : Sycamore Room
11:00 AM 11:30 AM Minister for Finance and Minister of State Molloy
11:30 AM 12:30 PM Bilateral meeting with the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Recreation
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03:00 PM 03:00 PM Unveil the foundation stone to mark the occasion of the
commencement of the works of the new Civic Offices
Venue: St. Cronan's, Main Street, Bray, Co. Wicklow
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Visit Dell Premises

Venue: Bray, Co. Wicklow
05:00 PM 05:00 PM launch the Brockagh Resource Centre in association with

Glenalough/Laragh and District Development Association
Venue: Wicklow
08:00 AM 08:00 AM meeting with Pat T h e Cope' Gallagher

Venue: St. Lukes
12:00 PM 12:00 PM Launch of book for Christine Buckley, Aislinn Centre

Venue: Italian Room, Govt. Bldgs.
12:45 PM 01:45 PM Meeting with the 25 Co-ordinators of the RAPID Programme MoS Eoin
Ryan to attend also Venue : Press Centre
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Officially open Small Firms Association E-lreland Exhibiton

Venue. RDS
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Attend Ladies All Ireland Football Final

Venue: Croke Park
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06:00 PM 06:00 PM Guest of honour at the Official Indigo National Children's Day Reception
& present Ireland's 10 Bravest Children with their Bravery Certificates
Monday, October 1
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10:15 AM 10:45 AM Meeting with Deputy Premier & Minister of Finance Mr. Flaherty,
Province of Ontario
Venue: St. Luke's
11:00 AM 11:00 AM Launch 10th Anniversary of the Reach Out Campaign

12:00 PM 12:00 PM Drop into St. Patrick's College Freshers Week

Venue: Drumcondra, Dublin 9
02:10 PM 02:10 PM Visit to the Islamic Centre, Clonskeagh
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Officially open the Mater Private Hospital's new extension
Venue: Eccles Street, Dublin 1
04:00 PM 04:00 PM Launch Carmichael Centre 5th Year Strategic Plan

Venue: North Brunswick Street. Dublin 7
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05:30 PM 05:30 PM Meeting Room (Ref Gerry Hickey)
Tuesday, October 2

02:30 PM 04:00 PM Press Conference on the outcome of the work of the Cabinet
Committee on Abortion and the Cabinet's reaction to it. Venue Press
Centre
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04.00 PM 04:15 PM Courtesy call and photograph with Tom O'Malley, Tosco/Phillips and
Paddy Power IN PC
04:30 PM 04:30 PM Launch commemorative book on Lebanon entitled "In the Service of
Peace"
Venue: National Museum, Collins Barracks
05:30 PM 06:30 PM Cabinet Committee on Asylum Seekers Venue : Sycamore Room
06:30 PM 07:30 PM Meeting with David Trimble, Reg Empey, David Campbell
08:00 PM 08:00 PM Attend Opening Night of the season of Plays by Tom Murphy
Venue: Abbey Theatre
Wednesday, October 3
DAIL SITTING (2.30 P.M - 10.00 P.M.)
10:00 AM 10:15 AM Courtesy call by

Nicanor Restrepo
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Dick Roche plus 3
11:00 AM 11:00 AM Meeting with Fr. Sean Healy, Dermot McCarthy to attend also
04:15 PM 06:15 PM Order of Business, statements on death of Kevin Boland and

statements on US atrocities
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09:00 PM 09:00 PM Scoil Catriona Fundraiser Dinner
Venue: Croke Park
Thursday, October 4
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12:00 PM 12:00 PM Function for Ceann Comhairle

12:30 PM 12:30 PM Visit to St. Mary's Secondary .School

Venue: Tipperary
12:30 PM 12:30 PM Depart Army Grounds/Dublin Airport

for Nenagh
01:45 PM 01:45 PM Visit to St. Conlon's Community Welfare Home

Venue: Tipperary
02:15 PM 02:15 PM Visit to CBS Primary/Secondary School

Venue. Tipperary
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Visit Nenagh General Hospital

Venue: Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
03:45 PM 03:45 PM Walkabout Nenagh Town Centre
04:15 PM 04:15 PM Visit to Nenagh Castle Complex Development

Venue: Nenagh
04:30 PM 04:30 PM Civic Reception Nenagh UDC

Venue: Town Hall, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary
06:30 PM 06:30 PM Depart for Third World Confernce in Ballina

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07:00 PM 07:00 PM Perfornn the Official Opening of the European Union Committee of the
Regions Conference
Venue: Lakeside Hotel, Ballina, Co. Tipperary
Friday, October 5
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Address the Institution of Engineers of Ireland Annual Conference

Venue: Great Southern Hotel, Killarney
10:45 AM 10:45 AM Depart Farranfore for Dublin
11:30 AM 11:30 AM Arrive Dublin Airport
01:00 PM 01:00 PM Arrive Castlepollard
01:00 PM 01:00 PM visit new post primary school

Venue: Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Arrive Mullingar - Officially open Canore Ltd new Offices Warehouse &
Showrooms
Venue: Mullingar Business Park
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Officially open Victim Support's new office

Venue: Mullingar, Co. Westmeath
04:00 PM 04:00 PM Visit to Longford/Westmeath General Hospital

Venue: Westmeath
05:00 PM 05:00 PM Visit to Cusack Park
Saturday, O c t o b e r 6
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11:00 AM 11:00 AM Sign Book of Condolence in the Sunday World Offices, Terenure
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11:30 AM 11:30 AM Address the Internatioanl Literacy Day
Venue: Gresham Hotel
05:35 PM 05:35 PM World Cup Qualifier Republic of Ireland v. Cyprus Venue : Lansdowne
Road
Sunday, O c t o b e r 7
Monday, O c t o b e r 8
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Officially open Beaumont Private Clinic Cardiac Laboratory

Venue. Beamount, Dublin 9
Tuesday, O c t o b e r 9
DAIL SITTING (2.30 P.M. - 9.30 P.M.)
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09:15 AM 09:45 AM Meeting with the Tanaiste re Campus and Stadium Ireland

01:00 PM 01:00 PM Drop in to a meeting between officials and Sinn Fein (Minister Cowen to
attend also) Venue : Michael Collins' Office
04:15 PM 04:45 PM Order of Business
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04:45 PM 04:45 PM Meet Tubercurry Active Retirement Group afterr Order of Business.
Venue Main Stairs Leinster House (Ref Mattie Brennan)
07:00 PM 07:10 PM Meeting with Deputation of EU Socialist Parties. Venue Taoiseach's

Meeting Room
07:15 PM 07:15 PM Photocall with two World Champion Kick Boxers

Venue:Taoiseach's Office
07:20 PM 07:20 PM Minister Sile de Valera
W e d n e s d a y , October 10
DAIL SITTING (10.30 A.M. - 8.30 P.M.
09:00 AM 09:40 AM Opening Address at the PPP/PFI Global Seminar

10:00 AM 10:30 AM "•vs-Briefingon the Order of Business
03:30 PM 04:00 PM Meeting with Mr. Steve Costello, Business in the Community - Ireland
04:00 PM 04:30 PM Meeting with SDLP
04:30 PM 06:00 PM Cabinet Committee on European Affairs Venue : Sycamore Room
06:15 PM 06:15 PM Bart Cronin

06:30 PM 06:30 PM Launch Bruce Arnold's Biography of the Life of Jack Lynch
Venue : National Gallery, Dublin 2
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Thursday, O c t o b e r 11
DAIL SITTING (10 30 A.M. - 4.45 P.M.)

(Being taken by Dr. Woods)
11:00 AM 11:00 AM Maurice Hayes, Venue St Lukes. W Kirwan & M Collins also attending.
12:00 PM 12 00 PM Officially open HUB - DCU's new £4 million Student Centre

Venue: DCU, Dublin 9
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06:15 PM 06:15 PM Drop into Knights Cleaning Services Ltd. announcement of their
business expansion
Venue: Buswells Hotel
Friday, October 12
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Saturday, October 13
Sunday, October 14
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11:30 AM 11:30 AM This Week - Gerry Barry, followed by This Week in Politics - Sean
Duignan. Venue RTE
• 01:20 PM 05:00 PM Ceremonies to mark the re-internment of ten War of Independence

volunteers in Glasnevin Cemetry Venue : Pro Cathedral / Glasnevin
Monday, O c t o b e r 15
01:30 PM 02:30 PM Lunch with Mme. Fontaine, President European Parliament.

03:30 PM 03:30 PM Launch 106.8 new Country Sound Radio Station

Venue: Stillorgan Ind. Park
05:00 PM 05:00 PM — Launch the commencement of works for the refurbishment of Dublin
Docklands Development Authority's Stack AVenue Custom House
Quay
07:00 PM 08.00 PM Meeting with President Yasser Arafat Venue : Sycamore Room
Tuesday, O c t o b e r 16
09:15 AM 09:15 AM Dermot McCarthy and Mary Doyle re infrastructure matters

03:30 PM 03:45 PM Martin Mansergh
05:30 PM 06:30 PM Briefing on visit to the European Commission: Venue : Sycamore Room
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Visit by Taoiseach to European Commission, Brussels
08:20 AM 08:20 AM Depart Dublin Airport (Ceremonial Suite) for Brussels
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business [For information only - being taken by the Tanaiste]
02:30 PM 03:15 PM Question Time [For information only]
07:00 PM 07:00 PM Arrive Dublin Airport from Brussels (time approx)
Thursday, O c t o b e r 18
09:00 AM 09:15 AM Brief Meeting with Egyptian Ambassador re beef market
09:15 AM 09:30 AM David Andrews
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Senator John Creegan
11:30 AM 12:00 PM Meeting with The Salvation Army

01:30 PM 01:30 PM Meeting of High Level Group on Regulation

01:30 PM 01:30 PM Launch Metromedia Fiber Network's Internet Services Exchange

Venue: Citywest Business Park
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02:30 PM 02:50 PM Officially Open the New All Weather Football Pitch at St. Teresa's
Gardens
Venue: Donore Avenue
03:00 PM 05:00 PM Launch of the National Forum on Europe Venue : St. Patrick's Hall,
Dublin Castle
Friday, October 19
Informal European Council, Ghent, Belgium
10:30 AM 10:30 AM Depart Dublin Airport
01:00 PM 01:00 PM Arrive Brussels -local time
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Arrive St. Peter's Abbey, Ghent - local time
11:00 PM 11:00 PM Depart Ghent-local time
11:59 PM 11:59 PM Depart Brussels - local time - arriving Dublin 12:30 a.m. Irish time.
10:00 AM 10:00 AM Contributing to Chris Reid's media art project "Dublin Memories"
Venue: St Lukes
01:15 PM 01:15 PM Arrive at the C & C Hospitality Tent

Venue: East Stand, Lansdowne Road
02:45 PM 02:45 PM Arrive IRFU Committee Room, West Stand
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Ireland - v- England Rugby Match

Venue: Lansdowne Road.
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11:30 AM 11 30 AM Launch the Teachnet Ireland Project

Venue: St. Patrick's College
12.30 PM 01:00 PM Address the inaugural meeting of the Centre for Partnership. Venue
Room 308
02:30 PM 02:30 PM Officially Open Bord Gais New Premises

Venue: Foley Street
04:30 PM 04:30 PM Officially open Balbriggan Business Park's Second Phase

Venue: Ardgillan Suite, Bracken Court Hotel, Balbriggan
Tuesday, October 23
DAIL SITTING (2.30 P.M. - 8.30 P.M.)
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09:30 AM 09:30 AM Mary Doyle re infrastructure matters

03:15 PM 03:30 PM Drop into meeting with Prime Minister of Prince Edward Island, Mr
Binns: Venue Leas Ceann Comhairle's Office, Leinster House

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05:30 PM 05:45 PM Courtesy call from Dan Mulhail
06:30 PM 06:30 PM Jim Glennon
06:45 PM 07:30 PM Meeting with Vincent Kearns, Vice President, National Taxi Drivers
Union
07:30 PM 07:30 PM Press Conference re decommissioning: Room 308
Wednesday, October 24
DAIL SITTING (10,30 A.M. - 8.30 P.M.)
03:20 PM 03:20 PM Drop into meeting of Martin Mansergh with Sean Garland, the
Workers Party
03:30 PM 03:40 PM Photocall for Launch of Anti Racism Awaremess Campaign with the
Minister for Justice. Venue: Government Buildings
05:45 PM 05:45 PM Launch the Governments Anti-Racism Awareness Campaign

Venue: RHA, Ely Place
06:15 PM 06:15 PM Six One News Venue Courtyard Government Buildings

06:45 PM 07:00 PM Statements on Northern Ireland
07:10 PM 07:20 PM Meeting with President Putin's daughters
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T h u r s d a y , October 25
DAIL SITTING (10.30 A.M. - 4.45 P.M.)
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business [by Tanaiste]
12:30 PM 12:30 PM Depart Dublin for Cork
01:15 PM 01:15 PM Arrive Cork
01:30 PM 01:30 PM Vist to Examiner Offices

Venue: Cork
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Vist to St. Patrick's Girls Secondary School

Venue: Cork
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Visit Kelleher's Buildings

Venue: Cork North Central
04:30 PM 04:30 PM Launch the Blarney Business Park

Venue: Bowen House, Lee Road, Co. Cork
05:30 PM 05:30 PM Coutesy call on Lord Mayor of Cork

Venue: Cork
06:30 PM 06:30 PM Meeting wiht Terex Arials

Venue: Silversprings Hotel
07:30 PM 07:30 PM Brief meeting with Mr. Charles Hennessy & Mr Gerry Barnes, Cork
Opera House
Venue: Silver Springs Hotel
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Friday, October 26
10:05 AM 10:05 AM Depart Cork Airport El 035
10:50 AM 10:50 AM Arrive Dublin Airport
12:00 PM 01:00 PM Appointment at RHA Gallery, Ely Place
Sunday, October 28
Monday, October 29
BANK HOLIDAY
Tuesday, October 30
Wednesday, O c t o b e r 31
09:00 AM 09:00 AM Mary Doyle
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09:15 AM 09:45 AM Chris Flood

12:30 PM 02:00 PM Cabinet Committee on Health Venue : Sycamore Room
02:30 PM 04:00 PM Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion (followed by Cabinet Committee

on Children) Venue : Sycamore Room
04:00 PM 04:20 PM Gerry Howlin
04:20 PM 04:30 PM David Begg (Ref D McCarthy)
04:30 PM 04:30 PM Meeting with Cllr. Mary Mooney

05:00 PM 05:00 PM Meeting with National Parents & Siblings Alliance (NPSA) MoS Wallace
to attend also
Venue: Meeting Room
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Meeting ICTU re Aer Lingus
Thursday, November 1
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Officially Open The Society of the Irish Motor Industry Annual
Conference
Venue: Naas, Co. Kildare
11:30 AM 12:00 PM Launch Tallaght Local Employment Service Network OB AIR LES
Strategic Plan 2001-2003
Venue: Killinarden, Tallaght

02:45 PM 03:00 PM Peter MacDonagh
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Cabinet Committee on Health Venue : Taoiseach's Meeting Room
04:30 PM 04:30 PM Gerry Howlin
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Friday, N o v e m b e r 2
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12:00 PM 12:00 PM Meeting Michael J. Curran (Departmental official to attend also)
Venue: St. Lukes
04:00 PM 04:00 PM Dermot McCarthy Venue : St. Lukes
07:30 PM 07:30 PM Guest of Honour at Irish Exporters Association Gala Ceremony (Dress
is Blacktie)
Venue. Mansion House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2
Saturday, N o v e m b e r 3
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Officially open refurbished Soccer Pavilion

Venue: Phoenix Park
Sunday, N o v e m b e r 4
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02:30 PM 02:30 PM Photocall and informal few words to mark the unveiling of the first tram
for the Light Rail Project Venue : Merrion Square
Monday, November 5

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Tuesday, N o v e m b e r 6
(DAlL SITTING 2.30 P.M. - 8 30 P.M.)
09:20 AM 09:20 AM Dermot McCarthy and Mary Doyle Venue: Taoiseach's Office

04:15 PM 04:45 PM Order of Business (preceded by expressions of sympathy on the death

of Denis Gallagher)
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Participate in a Tribute Video to Mr. John Hume MP & Mr. Seamus
Mallon MP
Venue: Meeting Room
06:30 PM 06:30 PM Launch Espion Limited

Venue: Buswells Hotel
07:00 PM 07:00 PM Brendan Smith
07:40 PM 07:40 PM Drop in to Private Members Motion in Dail Chamber
W e d n e s d a y , November 7
(DAlL SITTING 10.30 A.M. - 8.30 P.M.)
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11:00 AM 11:05 AM Visit by Students from the Dominican College, Cabra
Venue: Leinster House [Sean Nolan will be in attendance]
01:15 PM 01:15 PM Piece to media re USA visit
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Depart Dublin Airport t for Bostor
02:30 PM 03:15 PM Question Time (questions postponed)
(DAlL SITTING 10.30 A.M. - 4 45 P.M.)
United States
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business [being taken by the Tanaiste]
11:05 AM 11:05 AM Visit by Students from the Dominican College, Cabra (Minister to be
arranged)
Friday, November 9
United States
10:00 PM 10:00 PM Depart for Dublin
Saturday, November 10
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Arrive Dublin from Washington
05:05 PM 05:05 PM Photograph with former Portugese footballer Eusebio Venue

Smithfield Tower
06:00 PM 06:00 PM Attend First Leg of World Cup Playoff - Ireland V. Iran - Venue
Lansdowne Road
Sunday, N o v e m b e r 11
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11:00 AM 11:00 AM Attend Stoneybatter & Areas Senior Citizens Association 1st Annual
Mass
Venue: The Church of the Sacred Heart, Arbour Hill
02:00 PM 04:00 PM Attend Ireland v Samoa Rugby Match

Monday, N o v e m b e r 12
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Officially open Exchange House Travellers Service new building
Venue: 42 James Street, Dublin 8
03:00 PM 03:20 PM Switch on the Christmas Lights on Henry Street & Mary Street
Venue: Arnotts, Henry Street, Dublin 1
03:45 PM 03:45 PM Officially open Amari Dublin Ltd new premises

Venue: Fonthill Industrial Estate, Lucan

06:45 PM 07:15 PM Officially open The Parish of Mary Immaculate's new Sports & Training
Centre
Venue: Inchicore, Dublin 8
Tuesday, N o v e m b e r 13
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09:15 AM 09:15 AM Dermot McCarthy
09:30 AM 10:15 AM Tanaiste, Dermot McCarthy & Paul Haran
10:30 AM 10:30 AM For information only : Government Meeting
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06:00 PM 07:30 PM Meeting of the Cabinet Committee on the Information Society

Wednesday, November 14
07:50 AM 09:00 AM Breakfast with Tanaiste and Minister for Finance: Venue Taoiseach's
Office
09:00 AM 10:00 AM - Meeting of Cabinet Committee re Sellafield MOX Plant Venue

Sycamore Room
11:05AM 11:05AM Greet Students from the Dominican College, Cabra

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03:40 PM 03:40 PM Photocall with the Tanaiste to raise awareness of the Concern Fast
Venue: Ceremonial Staircase
04:00 PM 04:00 PM Courtesy call from Parliamentary delegation from Iceland led by
Mr. Halldor Blondal, Speaker of the Althingi
04:40 PM 04:40 PM Eoin Ryan
05:00 PM 05:15 PM Michael Collins & Eoin O'Leary
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07:30 PM 07:30 PM Dinner with members of the Institute of European Affairs. Venue
Taoiseach's Dining Room
T h u r s d a y , November 15
08:00 AM 09:00 AM Breakfast with Minister Noel Dempsey. Venue Taoiseach's office
09:00 AM 09:30 AM Meeting with Minister O'Donoghue and the Attorney General re
Defamation Bill
09:30 AM 09:40 AM Record piece to camera for the Goodwill Centre. Venue Meeting Room
11.30 AM 11:30 AM Meeting with Mr. Sean Dorgan and John Dunne, IDA Dermot McCarthy
to attend also
12:00 PM 12:00 PM Meeting with Traveller organisation behind Citizen Traveller

Venue: Meeting Room
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12:45 PM 12:45 PM Meeting with Deputy Ivor Callely
04:30 PM 05:30 PM Meeting with SDLP Leader, Mark Durkan

Friday, November 16
09:00 AM 09:00 AM Depart Dublin
08:30 PM 08:30 PM Guest of Honour at the Navan Chamber of Commerce President Ball
Venue: The Ardboyne Hotel, Dublin Road, Navan, Co. Meath. Black
Tie
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Attend Ireland v New Zealand Rugby Match

07:15 PM 07:15 PM Present the 2001 Annual People of the Year Awards for Rehab
Venue: Citywest Hotel. Dress: Blacktie
Sunday, November 18
12:00 PM 12:00 PM Unveil stained glass window in remembrance of the Naval Association's
deceased colleagues
Venue. Garrison Chapel, Cathal Brugha Barracks
02:15 PM 02:45 PM Attend 2003 Special Olympics World Summer Games Host Town
Programme Festivities
Venue: RDS, Dublin 4
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Attending Corpus Christi Feis (Terry Dooley)

Venue: Corpus Christi Hall
Monday, November 19
01:00 PM 01:30 PM Meeting with Mr. Enda Connellan, Chief Executive, Dublin Port
Company
Venue: St. Luke's

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02:00 PM 02:00 PM Drop into St. Laurence O'Toole School
Venue: Seville Road, Dublin 1
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Visit St. Anne's GAA Club

Venue: Bohernabreena, Tallaght, Dublin 24
05:00 PM 05:00 PM Telephone call to former French President Giscard d'Estaing
06:30 PM 06:30 PM Host a reception for former Oireachtas members

Venue: Members Restaurant, Leinster House
08:30 PM 08:30 PM Guest of Honour at the Official Launch of Zurich Bank

Venue: City Hall
Tuesday, November 20
(DAlL SITTING 2.30 P.M. - 8.30 P.M.)
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03:30 PM 03:30 PM Brief Discussion with Paul McGarry re Dublin / Monaghan Bombing
Inquiry
05:15 PM 05:25 PM John O Driscoll, Blackrock College Radio
05:30 PM 05:30 PM Meeting with Mr. Pat Cox MEP, Mr. Andrew Duff MEP & Mr. Bo Jensen
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06:30 PM 06:30 PM Present the Irish Times/PA Management Award 2001 (Oisin Kelly
Arctic Tern' Award)
Venue: National Gallery
07:30 PM 09:30 PM Dinner with Ministers for Justice, Health, Social Community & Family
Affairs and others. Venue Dining Room
Wednesday, November 21
09:15 AM 09:15 AM Courtesy call from a Parliamentary delegation from the Slovak Republic
led by Mr. Jozeg Migas
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12:45 PM 12:45 PM Interview with BBC. Venue Sycamore Room
03:25 PM 03:25 PM Photocall with Mr. Kieran McLoughlin, Irish Funds & Mary Davis
03:35 PM 04:00 PM Minister O'Rourke
04:00 PM 04:00 PM Interview with Sky TV Venue Taoiseach's Meeting Room
05:00 PM 05:30 PM Meeting with ICTU

Venue: Meeting Room
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05:30 PM 06:00 PM Meeting with IBEC
Venue:Sycamore Room
08:30 PM 08:30 PM Officially open the newly refurbished Halfway House Pub
Venue: Ashtown, Dublin 7
(DAlL SITTING 10.30 A.M. -4.45 P.M.)
08:00 AM 08:00 AM Meeting with Tanaiste & Minister for Finance

09:00 AM 09:15 AM Dermot McCarthy
10:00 AM 10:00 AM Depart Dublin Airport for Farranfore by Government Jet
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business (Tanaiste)
11:00 AM 11:00 AM Launch Irish Wheelchair Association new Day Resource Centre
Venue: Tuam, Co. Galway
01:30 PM 01:30 PM Opening of Food Safety Promotion Board Offices

Venue: 7 East Gate Avenue, East Gate, Little Island, Co. Cork
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Sunday, November 25
11:45 AM 01:15 PM Attend Stand Down Parade of the Irish UNIFIL Contingent
Venue: GPO, O'Connell Street
Monday, November 26
10:30 AM 10:30 AM Officially open CERT Tourism Business Forum

Venue: The Westin Hotel, Dublin 1
11:45 AM 01:15PM Launch of Health Strategy; Mansion House
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06:00 PM 06:00 PM Launch book "Acts of Union" by Kevin Whelan.
Venue: Merrion Hotel
06:25 PM 06:25 PM Piece to camera re Helath Strategy. Venue Courtyard
07:00 PM 07:00 PM Launch book entitled "Hanged for Ireland" by Tim Carey
Venue: Hotel Saint George, 7 Parnell Square, Dublin 1
Tuesday, November 27
(DAlL SITTING 2.30 P.M. -10.00 P.M.)
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05:30 PM 06:00 PM Meeting with PA Consulting concerning the SMI process Venue
Taoiseach's Office
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07:00 PM 07:00 PM Launch book entitled "Penny Apples"
Venue: Mansion House
Wednesday, N o v e m b e r 28
(DAlL SITTING 10.30 A.M. - 10.00*P.M.)
09:00 AM 10:00 AM Tanaiste, Minister for Finance

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03:20 PM 03:20 PM Hugh Byrne
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Courtesy call from Judge Eduardo Moline O'Connor, Argentine
Supreme Court [Eoin O'Leary to attend also] Venue: Taoiseach's Office
03:50 PM 03:50 PM Mary Doyle re agenda of Cabinet Committee

05:30 PM 06:15 PM Meeting with The Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly
Venue: Meeting Room
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07:20 PM 09:00 PM Attend dinner at Media Lab Europe Venue: Former Guinness Hopstore,
Crane Street
Thursday, N o v e m b e r 29
08:15 AM 08:45 AM Briefing meeting re BIC and NSMC. Venue St Lukes

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09:00 AM 09:00 AM Depart by car for Monaghan
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business (to be taken by the Tanaiste)
10:00 PM 10:00 PM Depart Monaghan
07:45 AM 07:45 AM Breakfast meeting with Tanaiste & the Minister for Finance. Venue
Taoiseach's Office
09:00 AM 09:00 AM British Irish Council and North South Ministerial Council
Venue : Dublin Castle
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05:50 PM 06:00 PM Piece to camera for Global Tech (ref G Hickey). Venue St Lukes
07:10 PM 09:00 PM Attend Eircell GAA All Stars Awards 2001 Dress: Blacktie
Venue: Citywest Hotel

Saturday, December 1
Sunday, December 2
11:15 AM 11:15 AM Open Christmas Fair

Venue: St Mary's Holy Faith School, Glasnevin, Dublin 9
Monday, December 3
01:00 PM 02:30 PM Lunch with Special Olympics Patrons Venue : Italian Room
07:00 PM 07:00 PM Drop into The Liberties Senior Citizens Group Christmas Dinner Dance
Venue: Mansion House
Tuesday, December 4
(DAlL SITTING 2.30 P.M. - 10.00 P.M.)
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03:20 PM 03:20 PM Photo with Inspr. Tom Kiely,

Venue: Taoiseach's office
05:30 PM 06:30 PM Cabinet Committee on Asylum Seekers Venue : Sycamore Room
06:30 PM 06:45 PM Donal Moynihan
06:45 PM 07:00 PM John Browne
07:00 PM 07:15 PM Michael Moynihan
07:30 PM 07:30 PM Taoiseach, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Justice, AG, D McCarthy.
Wednesday, December 5
BUDGET DAY
(DAlL SITTING 10.30 A.M. - Midnight)
07:45 AM 07:45 AM Special Government Meeting
11:15AM 11:15AM Speak on 25th Amendment of the Constitution (Protection of Human

Life in Pregnancy) Bill 2001 (time approx)

03:15 PM 03.15 PM Briefing by Finance Officials on the Financial Resolutions. Venue
Taoiseach's Office
04:15 PM 04:15 PM Budget
07:00 PM 07:00 PM Record piece to camera for Party Political Broadcast on the Budget:
Venue Meeting Room (time prov).
09:00 PM 09:00 PM Interview with RTE News. Venue Government Buildings
Thursday, December 6
09:30 AM 09:30 AM Photocall for "Radio Works - turn it on"
11:00 AM 01:00 PM Budget debate
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Attend the switching on of the Leinster House Christmas Tree Lights
Venue: Leinster Lawn
03:40 PM 03:40 PM Minister of State Hugh Byrne
03:45 PM 04:15 PM Meeting with Dr. William C. Harris, Director-General of Science

Foundation Ireland
04:30 PM 05:00 PM Briefing meeting with officials re meeting with PM Verhofstadt Venue
Meeting Room
05:00 PM 06:50 PM Meeting with PM Verhofstadt

07:00 PM 07:00 PM Guest of Honour at the reception to mark the occasion of the formal
hand over of the Sean O'Casey papers to the State
Venue: National Library
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08:00 PM 08.00 PM Drop in to Merril Lynch function
Venue; Four Seasons Hotel
10:00 PM 10:00 PM Informal drop in to Legend of Sport Dinner with Guest of Hnour George
Best Venue : Burlington Hotel (time approx.)
Friday, December 7
09:00 AM 09:00 AM Depart Dublin
10:00 AM 11:00 AM Ardee
11:30 AM 01:00 PM Dundalk
12:00 PM 12:00 PM Officially open new Learning & Information Resource Centre Building
Venue: Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth
02:40 PM 03:00 PM Visit Scoil Mhuire Fatima

Venue: Dublin Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth
03:00 PM 03:30 PM Visit LMFM new studios

Venue: Broadcasting House,Rathmullen Road, Drogheda, Co. Louth
04:15 PM 04:15 PM Depart Drogheda
Sunday, December 9
Monday, December 10

12:00 PM 12:00 PM Visit The Phoenix Park School
Venue: Phoenix Park
02:00 PM 02:00 PM Officially announce the years recipients of Dublin Docklands

Development Authority's Community Development Project Initiative
Awards
Venue: Custom House Quay, Dublin 1
03:00 PM 03:00 PM Launch National Committee of Volunteering presentation of a sculpture

to mark the closure of the UN International Year of Volunteers in Ireland
Venue: Celtic Suite, Cusack Stand, Croke Park, Dublin 3
04:00 PM 04:00 PM Formally launch FAI's Development Strategy 2002 - 2006 entitled "One
Game, One Association
Venue: Butlington Hotel
Tuesday, December 11
(Dail Sitting 11.30 A.M. - 10.00P.M.)
09:15 AM 09:45 AM Opening Address at the 2001 IPA/CIPFA Conference

10:30 AM 10:30 AM Government Meeting (Tanaiste not attending)
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W e d n e s d a y , December 12
(Dail Sitting 10.30 A.M. - 10.00 P.M.)
09:00 AM 09:30 AM Photocall and brief meeting to mark the launch the Annual Report of the
Competitiveness Council Venue : Front Steps and then Meeting Room
03:20 PM 03:20 PM Receive a complimentary Christmas Tree from the winner of the
National Christmas Tree Contest Venue: Front Steps
03:25 PM 03:25 PM Seamus Healy
03:30 PM 03:30 PM Courtesy call from Ms. Joanne Richardson, Chief Executive, American
Chamber of Commerce [Mary Doyle to attend also]
03:50 PM 03:50 PM Eoin O'Leary re Cabinet Committee
06:00 PM 06:30 PM Ceremony to appoint new President of the High Court Venue : Aras an
Uachtarain
07:45 PM 07:45 PM Polcorr's Dinner

Venue: Farmleigh

(Dail Sitting 10.30 A.M. - 10.00 P.M.
09:00 AM 10:00 AM Meeting with Senator Ed Haughey and Art Cosgrove.
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Order of Business (to be taken by Minister O'Rourke).
10:30 AM 11:00 AM Meeting with Pierre Moscovici, Minister for European Affairs. Venue
Dublin Castle
11:00 AM 12:30 PM Visit by Taoiseach to the Forum on Europe Venue : Dublin Castle
12:45 PM 02:00 PM Attend IFSC Annual Lunch Venue: Italian Room.
02:00 PM 02:05 PM Short piece to camera for Sky Sports
02:30 PM 04:00 PM Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure and PPPs Venue : Sycamore

Room
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06:00 PM 06:15 PM Gerry Hickey
08:30 PM 08:30 PM Depart Dublin Airport for European Council in Laeken
Friday, December 14
European Council, Laeken
(Dail Sitting 10.30A.M. - 04.30 P.M.
European Council, Laeken

08:00 PM 08:00 PM Hold
Sunday, December 16
04:00 PM 04:00 PM Drop into Fitzgibbon Street Senior Citizens Christmas Party
Venue: Croke Park, Dublin 3
Monday, December 17
04:15 PM 05:15 PM Attend Performance of A Midsummer Night's Dream

Venue: Law Library, Distillery Building, 145 Chruch Street, Dublin 7
05:40 PM 05:40 PM Present toys made by the Probation Service to the National Children's
Hospital Venue : Temple Street
06:00 PM 06:30 PM Official re-opening of the Big Tree, Dorset Street
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01:00 PM 01:30 PM Student Union representatives from TCD, DCU and Maynooth.
Minister for Education attending also. Venue Meeting Room.
01:30 PM 01:30 PM MJ Nolan and Donie Cassidy
02:15 PM 02:15 PM Meeting with the Tanaiste

03:00 PM 03:00 PM Government Meeting


07:45 PM 07:45 PM Attend Government Dinner
Venue: Farmleigh (7.15 for 7"
10:00 AM 10:00 AM Drop into Rutland Street National School

Venue: Lower Rutland Street, Dublin 1
05:30 PM 05:30 PM Short video message for Launch of Special Olympic World Games
Ireland 2003 fundraising initiative
Venue: Meeting Room
05:45 PM 05:45 PM Brian Murphy
06:00 PM 06:15 PM Short meeting with Maolmuire Tynan

06:15 PM 06:30 PM Deirdre Grant INN
06:30 PM 06:30 PM Meeting with Mr. Tommy Lyons

Friday, December 21
12:50 PM 12:50 PM Russian Ambassador
01:10 PM 01:10 PM Courtesy call from Cardinal Connell

01:30 PM 01:30 PM Department Christmas Choir Recital.
02:00 PM 02:15 PM US Ambassador Richard Egan
02:15 PM 02:15 PM Minister Dermot Ahern
07:00 PM 07:00 PM Department Christmas Party Venue : Rooms 301 and 308
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Sunday, December 23
12:00 PM 12:00 PM Wreath laying ceremony

Venue: Halfway House Roundabout followed by donation of hamper to
Ashtown House
Monday, December 24
T h u r s d a y , December 27
Friday, December 28

Sunday, December 30
Monday, December 31
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0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Meeting w i t h Minister McDaid & Deputy Keaveney

0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 5 : 3 0 PM Interview w i t h John Downing

0 6 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM Address Dublin Chamber of Commerce January Council Meeting

0 8 : 0 0 PM 0 8 : 0 0 PM Address members at The Irish Farmers Association 2 9 t h Annual

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0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Photocell w i t h Mr. Isaac Kaye, IVAX Corporation

0 3 : 1 0 PM 0 3 : 1 0 PM ADC Ger 0 Grady

10:00 A M 10:00 AM Meeting w i t h MOS Brennan

1 2 : 0 0 PM 1 2 : 3 0 PM Officially open PX Instrument Technology new facility

0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Officially open Computerscope new Offices

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0 1 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Government Meeting (commencing w i t h lunch in the Sycamore

0 7 : 1 5 PM 0 7 : 1 5 PM President's Dinner for Government.

0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Photocall w i t h CPM Ireland to present the ISO 9 0 0 2 A w a r d to their

0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Minister Sfle de Valera

0 4 : 3 0 PM 0 4 : 4 5 PM Martin Mansergh, Paul Arthur University of Ulster. Drop in to

0 5 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Cabinet Committee on European Affairs Venue : Sycamore Room

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10:00 A M 10:30 A M Radio Interview w i t h RTE re: 75 Years of RTE

11:00 A M 11:00 A M Dermot Gallagher

0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 0 0 PM Mary Doyle re infrastructure matters

0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Courtesy call w i t h Mr. Michael Heisley & Mr. James L. Martin

0 6 : 0 0 PM 0 6 : 0 0 PM Officially open The Holiday World Experience 2 0 0 1

0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 2 0 PM A t t e n d Retirement Function for A n n Riordan, Microsoft

0 7 : 4 5 PM 0 7 : 4 5 PM Dinner w i t h Chancellor of DCU Dr. T.P. Hardiman.

Venue: Albert College Dining Room, DCU, Dublin 9

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0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Courtesy call from a group from the Sovereign Military Hospitaller

0 3 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Possible drop in t o Gaisce meeting

11:00 AM 11:00 A M Interview for "This Week"

0 6 : 3 0 PM 0 6 : 3 0 PM A t t e n d Mass for the Liturigical Reception of H.E. Giuseppe

1 2 : 3 0 PM 1 2 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Brendan Menton. Ministers for Finance & Tourism,

0 1 : 3 0 PM 0 2 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h Congressman Ben Gilman and Congressional

0 3 : 0 0 PM 0 3 : 0 0 PM Officially open Conduit pic

0 4 : 0 0 PM 0 4 : 0 0 PM Present Dublin Docklands Development Authority C o m m u n i t y

0 7 : 0 0 PM 0 7 : 0 0 PM meetings in St. Luke's

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10:00 AM 10:00 A M Meeting w i t h the Tanaiste

10:30 AM 10:30 A M Government Meeting

0 3 : 1 5 PM 0 3 : 1 5 PM Brief Statement t o correct the Ddil record re Question Time on 17

0 3 : 4 5 PM 0 4 : 1 5 PM Briefing on the Order of Business

0 4 : 5 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM D£il Motion re Co-operation w i t h Tribunal

DAIL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a.m. - 8 . 3 0 p.m.)

10:00 A M 10:30 AM Briefing on the Order of Business

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0 2 : 0 0 PM 0 2 : 1 5 PM Cabinet Committee on Social Inclusion Venue: Sycamore Room

0 5 : 4 5 PM 0 5 : 4 5 PM Depart Dublin Airport by Govt Jet

0 7 : 3 0 PM 0 7 : 3 0 PM Meeting Downing Street

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DAlL SITTING ( 1 0 . 3 0 a.m. - 4 . 4 5 p.m.)

10:30 A M 11:00 A M (TANAISTE) Order of Business

1 2 : 3 0 PM 0 1 : 0 0 PM (TOM KITT) Launch The Equality Authority Report for Family

0 2 : 3 0 PM 0 3 : 3 0 PM Meeting w i t h John Fitzgerald, Dublin City Manager (Mary Doyle to