St Patrick's Day 2025: Full list of destinations for Government ministers
Tomas Doherty
Taoiseach Micheál Martin will head to Texas before an expected visit to the White House for St Patrick’s Day this year.
Mr Martin has yet to receive a formal invitation from Donald Trump's White House. However, senior Government figures said this was not unusual and there has been no indication that the traditional visit will not go ahead.
The meeting acts as the centrepiece of the Government’s major diplomatic push for the annual holiday, with most Ministers travelling to destinations across the world.
This year 38 State representatives will visit more than 90 cities in 40 countries.
In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said Ministers will “promote Irish investment overseas, international research and education collaborations, mutually beneficial partnerships between Irish and overseas companies and the successes and growth of overseas companies that have chosen Ireland as their base in Europe”.
Here is the full list of destinations for Ministers this year.
US and Canada
- Taoiseach Micheál Martin – Texas and Washington DC
- Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Harris – Philadelphia and New York
- Minister for Enterprise Peter Burke – Boston and New Hampshire
- Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary – Atlanta and Savannah
- Minister for Arts and Media Patrick O’Donovan – Seattle and San Francisco
- Minister for Transport Darragh O’Brien - Miami and Los Angeles
- Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll McNeill – New York and Chicago
- Attorney General Rossa Fanning – Michigan and Montana
- Minister of State at Department of Enterprise Alan Dillon – Vancouver and Utah
- Minister of State at Department of Agriculture Timmy Dooley – Canada
Europe
- Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe – Germany
- Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley – London
- Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan – Malta and Italy
- Government Chief Whip Mary Butler – Denmark and Sweden
- Minister of State for European Affairs Thomas Byrne – France
- Minister of State Kevin 'Boxer' Moran – Portugal
- Minister of State at Department of Finance Robert Troy – Czechia
- Minister of State at Department of Housing Christopher O’Sullivan – Norway and Poland
- Minister of State at Department of Health Kieran O’Donnell – Cardiff and Manchester
- Minister of State at Department of Health Jennifer Murnane O’Connor – Greece and Cyprus
- Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affais Colm Brophy – Spain
- Minister of State at the Department of Higher Education Marian Harkin – Netherlands and Belgium
- Minister of State at Department of Enterprise Niamh Smyth – Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
- Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy – Switzerland
- Cathaoirleach Seanad – Edinburgh
Rest of World
- Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers – Chile and Argentina
- Minister for Education Helen McEntee – Australia
- Minister for Housing James Browne – China
- Minister for Further and Higher Education James Lawless – India
- Minister of State for Disability Hildegarde Naughton – Japan
- Minister of State at Department of Agriculture Noel Grealish – Vietnam and Cambodia
- Minister of State at Department of Transport Sean Canney – Brazil
- Minister of State for Sport Charlie McConalogue – Colombia
- Minister of State at Department of Public Expenditure Emer Higgins – Western Australia
- Minister of State at Department of Foreign Affairs Neale Richmond – Kenya and Tanzania
- Minister of State at Departments of Rural Development and Transport Jerry Buttimer – New Zealand
- Minister of State at Department of Housing John Cummins – Thailand and the Philippines
- Minister of State at Department of Justice Niall Collins – Mexico
