The Government's travel schedule for St Patrick's Day has been unveiled.
14 of the 15 cabinet ministers will be travelling abroad on trade missions, taking in 15 countries on five continents.
The Taoiseach and three other ministers will be travelling to the United States, with others going to Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, China and Brazil.
All 15 junior ministers also be involved in international travel, with Michael Noonan the only minister staying behind.
Enda Kenny and Joan Burton will be travelling to the United States - while Michael Noonan is the only minister staying behind.
Ministers Charlie Flanagan and Richard Bruton have joined Julie Sinnamon of Enterprise Ireland to make the announcement as part of the “Promote Ireland” programme.
Mr Flanagan denies that the worldwide travel programme is a waste of money and instead said he is “satisfied this is money really, really well spent.”
“These are very, very good value. Last year for example as an immediate consequence of our Ministerial visits, five million euro was gained at a cost of 300,000 for the entire event,” Mr Flanagan said.
You can see a full list of ministers' destinations below:
- Enda Kenny - USA (full details tbc)
- Joan Burton - USA (Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh)
- Charlie Flanagan - Canada and USA (NYC)
- Brendan Howlin - South Korea and Japan
- Richard Bruton - Paris
- Heather Humphreys - London
- Paschal Donohoe - USA (San Fran, Silicon Valley, San Jose)
- Alex White - New Zealand
- Alan Kelly - China
- Jan O'Sullivan - Brazil
- Simon Coveney - Italy
- Frances Fitzgerald - Indonesia, Singapore
- James Reilly - UAE, India
- Leo Varadkar - Mexico
