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3 1 1 :0 0 -11:30 John McCarthy (CH)

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06 January

12:00 -12:30 David Kelly (CH)

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10 January

U 16:00 -16:30 IBAL Anti-Litter League Photoshoot (Shelbourne
Hotel (Adams Suite))

11 January

12 January

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9 08:45 - 09:30 Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy MEP (10G318)

09:00 -10:00 FG Ministers' meeting with the Taoiseach

3 09:30 -12:30 Workshop on the 7th EAP (Brussels)

3 09:45 -10:00 Briefing with Una Nf Dhubhghaill re Memo for
Govt (LH)

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3 10:15 -13:00 Government meeting [Council Chamber)

3 1 3 :0 0 - 13:30 MEPs Margrete Auken and Bas Eickhout (7H149)

3 1 4 :3 5 - 15:05 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH)

3 1 3 :3 0 -14:00 Sean Kelly MEP

12:30 -12:45 Interview with Limerick Live 95 FM

3 1 5 :0 5 -15:15 Briefing with officials (LH)
3 1 5 :1 5 -15:45 Rehab re Recycling (LH)

13 January
J 10:30 - 13:30 PMB: Local Authority Public Administration Bill
2011 (LH)

14 January
: 3 1 4 :0 0 -15:00 Meeting with Senan Cook and Paudie Coffey TD
(Dunhill Enterprise Centre, Co. Waterford)

15 January

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3 07:15 - 07:45 Morning Ireland interview (RTE, Donnybrook.)

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3 09:30 - 10:00 Interview with Sue Nunn, KCLR [by phone from I.H
office]

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3 1 4 :4 5 -15:15 Debrief with Sec Gen [by phone] (LH)

12:00 - 13:30 Opening of extension to Carlow IT (Carlow)

3 1 4 :4 5 -15:00 Briefing with Don via videolink (CH)

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15:00 - 15:30 Sr Stanislaus Kennedy (CH)

3 1 6 :0 0 -17:00 Meeting with Niali Harrington and Indian
delegation (CH)

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Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room)

14:30 -14:45 Eddie (LH)

3 1 5 :1 5 -15:30 Briefing with officials - Denis Conlan, Tom
Sheridan (LH)
3 15:30 - 16:15 Association of Irish Regions (Room 716 LH)
3 1 6 :1 5 -17:00 Des Dowlin

Denis Conlan LH

17:00 -17:30 Diary with David (CH)

3 1 7 :3 0 -18:00 Sec. Gen. (CH)

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18 January

18:00 -18:30 Professor Jimmy Burke (LH)

19 January

3 08:00 - 08:30 Frank Flannery (Davenport)

3 08:00 - 09:30 Cabinet Ctte on Economic Recovery and Jobs (LH)

9 09:00 - 09:15 Briefing for GPP launch (LH)

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11:00 -12:00 Briefing on Limerick Regeneration Prog with
Minister O'Sullivan (LH)

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12:00 - 12:30 Peter Fitzpatrick TD (LH)

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09:15 - 09:45 GPP Launch with Minister Howlin (LH / Govt Press
Center)

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Committee Stage of the Water Services
(Amendment) Bill ctd/ (Committee Room 4)

3 12:30 -13:00 Eddie (LH)

14:30 -17:30 Committee Stage of the Water Services
Amendment) Bill ctd/ (Committee Room

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18:00 - 21:00 Committee Stage of the Water Services
(Amendment) Bill ctd/ (Committee Room 4)

3 21:00 - 22:00 Primetime interview re Septic Tanks (RT£.
Donnybrook.)

3 1 3 :0 0 - 13:30 John O'Mahony TD (LH)
18:00 -18:30 Briefing for Bilateral with the Taoiseach (LH)
18:30 -19:00 Meeting with Taoiseach and MoSs re PfG and SoS
- SG and Michael Layde attending (Govt Buildings)

9 22:00 - 22:30 Travel to Limerick

20 January
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21 January

08:45 - 09:30 Meeting with community reps re Lk Regen.
(Castletroy Park Hotel)
10:00 -10:45 Briefing with Regeneration Agency (Watch House
Cross, Moyross)

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11:00 -11:30 Open AMCS Group R&D Facility (Crecora, Limerick)

U 12:00 -12:30 Limerick County Council (County Hall)
1 12:30 -13:00 Launch of Environmental Strategy & Waste
Initiative (Council Chamber)
1 13:45 -14:15 Meeting with Manager and Management Team
(County Hall)
1 14:15 - 15:30 Meeting with County Councillors (County Hall)
1 16:00 -16:30 Visit Movas Initiatives Shelter (Brother Russell
House, Mulgrave Street)
1 16:45 ■17:00 Limerick City M anager (City Hall)
3 17:00 -13:00 Meeting with City Councillors (City Hall)
i 13:30 - 19:30 Limerick Chamber of Com m erce Reception

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23 January
3 1 4 :1 5 ■14:45 Des Dowling, Sean McKeown, Donal Enright (CH)

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14:45 -15:00 Briefing with Eddie Lewis (CH)

3 1 5 :0 0 - 15:30 Marjorie Moore & Anne Coffey & Peter Fenton
(KARE) (CH)
9 16:00 - 16:30 Diary with David (CH)

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24 Jan u ary
2 09:00 -10:00 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room)
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3 1 3 :0 0 -14:00 Lunch meeting with Jim Campion, John Given
(Cellar Restaurant)

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14:30 - 15:00 Meeting with Minister Shatter re InkEX (LH)

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3 15:15 -15:45 Sean McKeown (LH)

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17:00 -17:30 Topical Issues Debate x 2 (LH)
18:00 -18:30 John Kettle

9 19:30 - 20:30 Meeting with the Taoiseach and Frank Flannery
(Taoiseach's office)

25 January
3 1 1 :1 5 -13:30 Report Stage - Dail - W ater Services (Amendment)
Bill (LH)

26 Jan u ary
3 08:15 -10:00 MinMAC (CH)
3 10:15 -10:45 Crinniu Campas Glas: Green-Campus Alliance

3 1 4 :4 5 -15:45 Meeting with Minister Noonan (Minister Noonan's
office, LH)

Meeting: Smarter Sustainable Campus Communities (Celtic
Room, Cusack Stand, Croke Park)

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16:00 -16:30 Kevin Gilna (Merrion Hotel)

3 1 6 :3 0 - 19:30 Report Stage - Dail - Water Services (Amendment)
Bill (LH)

3 1 1 :1 0 -13:30 11.10am - Report Stage - Dail - Water Services
(Amendment) Bill (LH)

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15:00 - 16:30 Local Govt Review Implementation Group (CH)

9 20:00 - 21:00 Political meeting on LG Reform (LH)

27 January

28 January

3 1 1 :0 0 -11:30 Official Opening of South Leinster DBO Scheme
(Castlewarren, Co. Kilkenny)
3 1 1 :4 5 -12:15 Official Opening of South Leinster DBO Scheme
(Ballinabrannagh, Co. Carlow)

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13:00 -14:30 Presentation of Group Water Scheme plaques
(Lord Bagenal Inn, Leighlinbridge)

U 20:00 - 22:00 Cancer Fundraiser (Kilkenny)

29 January

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30 January
J 15:30 -16:00 Eddie (CH)
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01 February

02 February

3 1 1 :0 0 - 11:30 Sean McKeown (LH)

3 1 1 :4 5 - 13:45 Seanad: Second Stage Electoral Amendment
Political Funding Bill (LH)

3 1 1 :4 5 -13:15 Report to the Seanad on Dail amendments to the
Water Services (Amendment) Bill (LH)
3 1 3 :1 5 -14:45 Seanad - Statements and Q&A on Local
Government Reform (LH)

3 15:00 -16:30 Keep free for prep for PQs (LH)
3 1 6 :3 0 - 17:45 PQs

a 15:00 -15:30 Eddie (LH)
3 1 6 :0 0 -17:30 Briefing on PQs (LH)

03 February
109:30 - 10:00 Launching HSE S/East Community Care Policy
(Waterford Road, Caredoc centre)

04 February
3 20:00 - 23:00 Mayo Association Annual Awards (Burlington
Hotel)

J 10:30 - 11:30 Opening of new Health Centre (Callan)
3 1 4 :3 0 -16:30 Ireland Funds Annual Rugby Luncheon
(Shelbourne Hotel)

05 February

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06 February

07 February

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09:00 - 09:30 VHI (Kilkenny)

3 15:00 - 16:00 Meeting with County Manager - Tipperary
Clonmel

3 1 0 :0 0 -10:30 Interview with Galway Bay FM [by phone] (LH)

3 1 6 :3 0 - 17:00 Interview with RTE (Minella Hotel)

3 14:15 - 14:30 Eddie (LH)

3 1 7 :0 0 - 17:30 Tipperary Nationalist (Clonmel)

3114:30 - 15:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH) «*'

3 20:00 - 21:30 Public meeting re Septic Tanks (Cashel)

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10:30 -13:00 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)

U 15:00 - 15:30 Diary with David (LH)
3 15:30 - 16:00 Eddie (LH)
3 1 7 :0 0 - 17:30 Sean McKeown (LH)
3 1 7 :3 0 - 17:45 Eddie (LH)

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17:45 -18:45 Seanad - Political Funding Bill Second Stage ctd.
(LH)

3 1 9 :3 0 - 22:30 Dinner with the Ambassador of the Kingdom of
Morocco (Windermere, Westminster Road, Foxrock)

08 February

09 February

3 1 0 :0 0 -10:15 Minister to meet the Expert Group on Property
Tax [lOmins] (Withdrawing Room, CH)

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a 12:00 -13:00 Eddie (LH)

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(Kilkenny)

09:00 - 09:30 John McCarthy (CH)
09:30 - 09:45 Launch of Registration Body for Quantity and
Building Surveyors (CH)
10:00 - 10:30 Meeting with Minister Deenihan and Fr. Sean
McDonagh (Minister Deenihan's office, Kildare St.)

10 February

11 February

3 1 0 :0 0 -11:30 Meet with Cavan Councillors (Council HQ,
Courthouse, Famham St.)

3 17:30 - 18:30 All-Ireland Club Junior Hurling Championship
Final (Croke Park)

3 1 1 :3 0 -12:30 Visit Local Projects around town (Cavan)

.319:30 - 23:00 BLACK TIE: LAMA Awards 2012 (Crowne Plaza,
Santry)

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12:30 -12:40 Photo with retiring Fireman Malachi Lennon
(County Buildings)

J 12:40 ■12:45 FG Cllrs re Crossdoney-Cornafean Road
(Courthouse, Cavan)
] 12:45 - 13:00 Meeting with Deputy O'Reilly and FG County Exec
(Council Chamber, Courthouse)
113:00 -13:15 Meeting with IFA (Council Chamber, Courthouse)
113:30 - 15:00 AMAI Annual Seminar (Kilmore Hotel, Cavan)
115:00 - 15:30 Interview with Tndo 31 Anglo Celt (Hotel Kilmore)
1 16:00 -16:15 Cllr Piddy O'Reilly St Virginia Show Society re
LEADER funding (Virginia College)

12 February

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13 February
i 09:00 - 09:30 "Joinin' Work Conference (WIT co-partners)
(Parade Tower, Kilkenny Castle)

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14 February
i 09:00 -10:00 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room)

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-13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)

2 1 1 :0 0 -12:00 Minister to vist the EPA's offices in Kilkenny

3 14:30 - 15:00 Eddie (LH)

3 1 4 :3 0 - 15:00 Diary with David (CH)

3 1 5 :0 0 - 15:30 Sean McKeown (LH)

3115:00 -15:30 Courtesy Call Italian Ambassador (CH)

3 1 5 :3 0 - 16:00 Senator Fiach McConghail and Prof David Farrell
(LH)

3 1 5 :3 0 - 15:45 Secretary General (CH)
i1 1 6 :0 0 - 16:30 Eddie (LH)

3 16:00 - 16:30 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH) <?

3 1 6 :3 0 -17:00 Mark Griffin (CH)

3 1 6 :3 0 - 17:00 Andrew Doyle (LH)

3 1 8 :3 0 - 19:30 Frank Flannery (Merrion Hotel)

3 1 7 :0 0 -17:30 Pat McCormack (Merrion Hotel)

15 February

16 February

3 1 0 :3 0 -10:45 Eddie (LH)
1210:45 -11:15 Briefing for Committee Stage of the Electoral
(Amendment) (Poitical Funding) Bill (LH)
3111:45 -15:00 Seanad - Committee Stage - Electoral
(Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill (LH)
a 15:30 - 16:00 Claire Langton (LH)
3 1 6 :0 0 -16:15 Sen. Imelda Henry (LH)
3 1 6 :1 5 -16:30 Yvonne Hyland (LH)
3 1 7 :0 0 - 17:30 Eddie
a 18:30 -19:00 TDs Terence Flanagan, Sean Kenny and Tommy
Broughan re Priory Hall (LH)

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20 February

21 February

3 1 4 :0 0 -14:30 Tracey Cooper, CEO HIQA (CH)

3 08:30 - 09:00 Meeting with John Quirke (Minister Deenihan’s
Office)

3 1 4 :3 0 -14:45 Riona Ni Fhlanghaile re Electoral Amendment
(Political Funding) Bill (CH)

3 09:00 -10:00 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room)

3 1 4 :4 5 -15:15 Briefing with officials for meeting with IWMA and
DKM (CH)

3 1 0 :1 5 -13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) O

3 15:15 - 15:45 IWMA + DKM re Waste Policy (CH)

3 14:30 -15:00 Eddie

3 1 5 :4 5 - 16:00 Sean McKeown, Yvonne Hyland (CH)

3 15:00 -15:30 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH)

3 16:00 -17:30 MinMAC (CH)

3 15:30 -17:00 Meeting with City and County Managers (LG
House, Usher's Quay)

3 1 7 :3 0 -18:00 Sec. Gen., John McCarthy (CH)

3 1 3 :3 0 -13:45 John and Megan Hickey (LH)

3 1 7 :0 0 -18:00 Government meeting (Council Chamber)
3 1 8 :0 0 • 19:00 Seanad - Resumed - Committee Stage - Electoral
(Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill (LH)
9 1 9 :1 5 -19:45 TCD 10th Sustainability Week (Science Gallery, TCD)
3 19:45 - 20:00 Clive Nunn Furniture Website Launch (Cellar Bar,
Merrion Hotel)

22 February

23 February

a 09:00 - 09:30 Eddie (LH)

3 09:00 - 09:30 Kevin Gilna (Merrion Hotel)

3 09:30 - 10:00 Diageo Irl. (LH)

3 09:30 -10:00 Briefing - Pathways to Work (Sycamore Room)

a 10:00 -10:30 Irish Property Owners Association (LH)

3 10:00 -10:30 Launch of National Disability Authority
publication (Radisson Blu Hotel, Golden Lane, Dublin 1.)

3110:30 - 11:30 Sean McKeown (LH)
a 11:30 -12:00 Fiona Quinn re GMOs for ENV Council (LH)

9 1 1 :0 0 -11:30 Des Dowling, Denis Conlan (LH)

3 1 2 :0 0 -12:30 Eoghan Murphy (LH)

9 15:00 -16:15 Attend the LGAS Conference (LG House, Ushers
Quay)

3 1 2 :3 0 - 13:00 Eddie (LH)
3 1 5 :0 0 - 15:30 Diary with David (LH)
3 15:30 - 16:00 Pat Spiilane re Rural Affairs (LH)
3 1 6 :3 0 - 19:30 Dail - Second Stage - MV (Duties and Licences) Bill
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'LH)

24 February
3 09:30 -10:00 Meeting with Dr. Mark Rowe (Waterford Health
Park (opposite Walsh Park))

25 February
214:0 0 -16:00 Attend removal for Florence Noonan RIP
(Dooradoyle)

3 1 1 :0 0 -11:15 Interview with Damien Tiernan RTE and local
media
3 1 1 :1 5 -12:30 Belview Water Supply Scheme (Marine Point
Building, Belview Port, Kilkenny)
1 13:30 - 14:00 Turning of sod for the National Lifeguard Training
Centre (T Bay Surf Club, The Prom, Tramore)
j 14:45 -15:15 Interview with Ian Noctor WLR
115:00 - 16:00 Opening of Dungarvan Enterprise Centre
(Dungarvan, Co. Waterford)
116:00 -16:15 Dungarvan Town Cllrs (FG) re Town Council
Reform (Dungarvan Enterprise Centre)
116:30 - 17:00 Visit to Portlaw Fire Station

26 February

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27 February

28 February

3 1 1 :0 0 - 11:30 Rosemary Collier, Director Kilkenny Arts Festival
(Constituency office, Kilkenny)

3 1 0 :1 5 -13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) O

a 12:00 -13:00 Launch of River Barrow Report (Visual & GBS
Theatre, Old Dublin Road, Carlow)

3 1 4 :4 5 - 15:15 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH) O

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20 9 :0 0 -10:00 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room)
3 1 4 :1 5 -14:45 Briefing with Intel (LH)

3 15:00 -15:30 Mark Griffin, Ivan Grimes (CH)

3 15:15 -15:45 Sean McKeown (LH)

9 1 5 :3 0 -16:00 Stephen O'Byrnes 8i Ger Fitzgerald, Abtran (CH)

9 15:45 -16:15 Owen Ryan, Petra Woods re IIEA speech (LH)

3 1 6 :0 0 -16:15 David (CH)

! 2 18:00 -19:30 Dail - Dormant Accounts Bill second stage ctd/
[Min O'Dowd] (LH)

9 1 6 :3 0 -17:00 Michael Miley (Harbourmaster)
9 1 7 :3 0 -18:00 Michael Layde (CH)
2 1 8 :0 0 -18:30 Mary Kelly (CH)

29 February

01 March

3 09:15 - 09:30 Briefing with John O'Neill (CH)

S 08:30 - 09:45 Breakfast meeting with members of the Irish
Councillors Network.
(Embassy)

3 09:45 -10:00 Photoshoot with Ballymun Music Programme (CH)
3 1 0 :3 0 -11:00 Eddie (LH)
3 1 1 :3 0 - 12:30 Meeting with Minister Reilly (LH)

3 1 1 :0 0 -12:15 Meeting with Jules Pipe, Mayor of Hackney (Town
Hall, Mare Street, Hackney, E8 1EA
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3 1 2 :4 5 -14:00 Meeting with Baroness Dee Doocey (City Hall)

3 1 2 :4 5 - 14:15 Climate Change Address (0EA, Nth Gt Georges
Street)

3 1 4 :0 0 -15:30 Meeting with members of GLA (City Hall)

3 1 4 :3 0 -15:00 Claire Langton (LH)

3 1 5 :3 0 - 16:30 Meeting with Sir Peter Rogers, Advisor to Mayor
of London (City Hall)

3 1 5 :0 0 -16:30 Seanad: Committee Stage - Electoral Amendment
(Political Funding) Bill 2011 (LH)
3 1 6 :4 0 -17:00 Minister Howlin (LH)
3 1 7 :4 5 -18:15 Open new offices for DAS Group
9 1 9 :4 5 - 21:15 Flight to London

02 March
3 1 0 :3 0 - 13:30 NSMC - Environment (Armagh)
a 17:30 -18:30 SCSI West event (Ardilaun Hotel, Galway)

3 1 6 :3 0 -17:15 Meeting with Eddie Lister, Adviser to Mayor of
London (City Hall)
3 17:15 -17:45 Meeting with Regina Finn, CEO OfWat (City Hall)
3 1 7 :4 5 -18:00 Interview with Radio 1 Drivetime

03 March
1 1 9 :3 0 - 22:00 BLACK TIE: Kilkenny Lions Club International
Dinner (Newpark Hotel)

04 March

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05 March
3 09:00 - 09:30 Mary Walsh, CEO, Carlow Co Devt (Constituency
Office)
3 0 9 :3 0 - 10:00 Loreto Kilkenny

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06 March
'3 10:00 - 11:00 Flight to Cardiff for BIC meeting
U 18:00 - 22:00 Meeting/ Reception with BIC Ministers (Cardiff City
Hall)

3 1 0 :4 5 - 11:00 Cutting of Ribbon for Riverbank Walk (Boardwalk)
3 1 1 :1 5 - 11:45 Video to promote Kilkenny Arts Festival (Kilkenny
Castle)
9 1 1 :4 5 - 12:30 Kilkenny Walking Festival launch (Set Theatre)
9 1 4 :3 0 - 15:00 Eddie (CH)
9 1 5 :0 0 - 15:15 Diary with David (CH)
9 1 5 :1 5 - 15:45 Briefing with Sec Gen and Rita McNulty (CH)
9 1 6 :0 0 - 17:00 Briefing for Env Council (CH)
9 1 7 :0 0 - 17:10 Briefing with officials (CH)
9 1 7 :1 0 - 17:40 Meeting with Denis Leamy and Seamus Boland
(CH)
9 1 8 :0 0 - 19:00 Frank Flannery (CH)

07 March
9 09:00 -12:30 British Irish Council Ministerial Meeting (City Hall,
Cardiff)
1313:30 -14:30 Eddie

9 16:00

- 17:00 Eddie

08 March
9 08:30 -10:00 Cab Committee on Public Service Reform

9 08:30
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- 08:45 Briefing with Sec. Gen.

- 12:00 Attend launch with Taoiseach and Terry Clune of
the Succeed In Ireland initiative (Main Conference Room, Custom
House)

9 12:00 - 13:00

Keep Free for Orals prep (CH)

9 1 5 :3 0 - 16:00 Eddie (LH)
9 16:30 - 17:45 Orals (LH)
9 1 9 :0 0 - 22:00 Travel to Brussels

09 March

10 March

3 07:00 - 07:30 Briefng with DPR Tom Hanney (Hotel)
3 07:45 - 09:00 Breakfast meeting organised by UK Secretary of
State for Energy and Climate Change (10 Avenue d'Auderghem,
Oudergemselaan, 1040 Brussels)
3 0 9 :1 5 - 09:30 Briefing session (Delegation Rooms, JL.)

3 09:30

- 20:00 Environment Council (Brussels)

11 March
] 13:30 - 14:30 OPW's Kilkenny Castle Open Day

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3 11:30 - 13:30 LG launch of the Succeed in Ireland initiative
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3 09:15 -12:00 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) O
9 1 2 :3 0 -13:30 Meeting with HC Project Board (LH)
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9 1 5 :0 0 -15:15 Interview with media
! 1 15:15 -15:30 Diary with David (LH)
! ] 15:30 -16:30 Minister to attend with the Taoiseach for Tao s
PQs (LH)
[ ] 16:30 -17:00 Catherine Byrne TD re Ballyfermot Star project
[Minister O'Sullivan also attending] (LH)
3 1 8 :3 0 -19:30 NFGWS ADC (Hodson Bay Hotel. Athlone)

14 March
a 09:30 -10:30 Briefing on New National Policy for Future Devt of
Fire Services (CH)
3 1 1 :0 0 -11:30 Meeting with Donal Connell. CEO, An Post (LH)
3 1 1 :3 0 -12:00 Meeting with Minister McEntee and Pyrite Action
Group (LH)
3 1 2 :0 0 -12:15 Sean McKeown (LH)

15 March
a 10:00 -10:15 Cllr Colm Markey, Peter Fitzpatrick TD (LH)
a 10:15 -10:30 John Higgins (with Peter Fitzpatrick TD) re
Bettystown library (LH)
a 10:45 -11:00 Ciaran Lynch TD re Household Charge (LH)
a 11:45 -14:00 Seanad - Report Stage - Electoral Amendment
(Poitical Funding) Bill (LH)

a 12:15 -12:45 Briefing for Committee Stage of the MV (Duties
and Licences) Bill (LH)

a 15:45 - Eddie (LH)

a 13:00 -14:00 Lunch meeting with Oaktree Capital (Cellar
Restaurant. Merrion Hotel)

a 17:00 - 17:30 Christy Cooney, Padraic Duffy (LH)

a 16:30 ■17:00 Briefing with Eddie Lewis (LH)
3 1 8 :0 0 -18:30 Liam Brown, Joe McGuinness (LH)

a 14:00 -14:30 Cabinet Committee on Mortgage Arrears (Govt,
a 14:15 -16:00 Committee Stage - MV (Duties and Licensing) Bill
a 16:00 -16:30 Eddie (LH)
a 16:30 -17:00 Sean McKeown (LH)
a 17 00 - 1 7:30 Meeting with Niall Cody (LH)

16 March

17 March

a 10:30 -11:00 Yvonne (LH)

□ 12:00 -13:00 Parade - Graiguenamanagh

a 11:15 -12:00 Media Interviews (LH)

3 1 4 :0 0 -15:00 Parade - Kilkenny

21 2 :0 0 -12:30 Eddie (LH)

1 15:30 - 16:30 Parade - Goresbridge

13 March
J 18:30 - 22:00 James Stephens 125th Anniversary Dinner (Hotel
Kilkenny)

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20 March
1114:00 - 14:30 Eddie (CH)
H 14:30 - 15:00 Sean McKeown (CH)
H 15:00 - 16:00 Des Dowling & Denis Conlan re Local Govt Reform
(CH)
S316:00 -1 7 :0 0 Mark Griffin - Update re Water Policy/Irish Water
(CH)

21 March

22 March

H 09:30 - 09:45 Diary with David (CH)

H 12:40 -1 2 :5 0 Dail - Report Stage - MV (Duties and Licences) Bill
(LH)

E l 10:00 - 10:30 Photo-op re battery recycling with WEEE Ireland and
ERP (CH)
S I 11:00 - 11:30 Piece to camera for Tidy Towns launch (CH)

H 12:50 -1 5 :4 0 Second Stage - Daii - Electoral Amendment (Political
Funding) Bill (LH)

1315:00 - 15:30 Paul Reid, DPER & Sec Gen (LH)
H 1 5:30 - 16:00 Sean McLaughlin (LH)
IS 16:00 - 17:00 Briefing on reforms to Building Control (LH)
I ! 17:25 - 19:30 Second Stage - Dail - Electoral Amendment (Political
Funding) Bill (LH)

23 March

24 March

1 11:30 - 11:50 Zero Carbon House (
Armagh)
1 12:10 -1 2 :3 0 Education Campus (Monaghan)
3 12:30 -1 3 :3 0 Official Opening of Monaghan Fire Station
(Monaghan)
j 13:30 : 13:40 Visit to former CSiE offices (Monaghan)

116:00 -1 7 :0 0 Official Opening of Edgeworthstown Fire Station
(Edgeworthstown Co Longford)

25 March

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S i 17:00 -18:00 John McCarthy - Briefing on Waste Policy [by Video
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H 15:45 -18:00 All Stages - Seanad - MV (Duties and Licencing) Bill

I I 19:00 - 21:30 Address the Philosophy Club monthly meeting re LG
Reform {Royal College of Surgeons)

H 17:45 -19:30 Dail - Statements on Mahon Tribunal

28 March

29 March

(LH)
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@ 08:00 - 08:30 Newstalk

1111:00 -11:30 Interview with Sue Nunn - KCLR [by phone] (LH)

I I 09:30 - 09:50 Sean McKeown (LH)

M 12:00 -12:30 Dave Walsh (LH)

I I 10:00 - 10:30 National Spring Clean Campaign launch (Mountjoy
Square East)

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3 1 1 :2 0 - 13:30 Statements on Mahon Report
@ 12:00 - 12:30 Sean Aylward (LH)
11315:00 -15:30 Diary with David (LH)
H 15:45 -16:00 Topical Issues Debate (LH)
M 16:30 - 19:30 Statements on the Mahon Report
i ! 17:00 - 17:30 Interview - Today FM [by phone from LH office]

30 March

31 March

I I 12:00 - 13:00 Meeting with the Taoiseach, Min Deenihan and SGs
(Room 3 08 Government Buildings)
H 14:00 -15:00 Household Charge briefing (CH)

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Nova (Innovation Centre), off Fosters Ave)

04 April

05 April

H 11:00 -12:00 Sean McKeown (CH)

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EH 12:00 -13:00 Meeting with officials re Household Charge (CH)
1115:30 -16:30 Briefing with Teagasc re GMOs (Oakpark, Carlow)

1110:30 - 11:30 Bord Failte - ABLE Tourism (Crown Plaza Hotel,
Blanchardstown)

S i 16:30 - 17:30 Official Opening of Carlow Museum (College Street,
C a rlo w i_ .__

.H 15:00 -15:30 Secretary Genera! (CH)

13 April

14 April

E i 12:00 -12:30 Mark Griffin (CH)

H 14:45 -15:30 Biopro Launch (Kilkenny)
SI 20:00 - 22:30 LAMA Spring Seminar (Tower Hotel, Waterford)

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17 April

M 09:30 - 10:30 Visit Stephens Barracks (Kilkenny)

H 10:00 -11:00 FG Ministers' pre-Govt meeting (Sycamore Room)

S i 14:00 -14:45 Ivan Grimes (CH)

S i 11:00 - 13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)

H 15:00 - 15:30 Des Dowling (CH)

H 13:30 -14:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH)

H 15:30 - 16:00 Early Childcare Ireland (CH)

m 14:00 - 16:00 Yvonne Hyland (LH)

H 16:00 - 16:30 Briefing for Informal Env Council (CH)

S I 16:00 -16:30 Paul McSweeney (Ashling Hotel)

M 16:30 - 17:00 David (CH)

M 17:00 -17:30 Depart for airport for flight to Copenhagen

18 April

19 April

H 09:00 - 18:00 Env Council - Informal (Horsens, Denmark)

H 09:00 - 14:30 Env Informal (Denmark)

@113:45 -14:30 Meeting with Matthias Groote MEP, Chair Envi
Committee

20 April

21 April

SS 11:00 -12:15 Succeed In Ireland Community Launch (Parade Tower,
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M 10:30 -11:00 David re diary (CH)

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8 12:00 -13:00 Sean, Yvonne (CH)

M 15:00 - 15:30 Eddie (LH)

1314:00 -15:00 Meeting with Greenhil!, Equity Group Investment
[Eddie Lewis PO attending] (Red Cow Hotel)

H 15:30 - 16:30 Political meeting on LG Reform (LH)

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25 April

26 April

H 09:00 - 09:30 International conference for a Sustainable Built
Environment (Royal Hospital Kilmainham)

£108:30 - 10:30 MinMAC (CH)

S I 10:45 - 11:00 Briefing with officials (LH)

H 15:40 - 17:40 Statements on establishment of Irish Water and the
rolarted Water Metering Programme (LH)

5 3 11:00 - 11:30 Retail Excellence Ireland (LH)
H 11:45 -12:00 Briefing with officials (L.H)
S I 12:00 -12:30 Institute of Clerk of Works and Building Inspectors
in Ireland (LH)

0 1 1 :0 0 -11:30 Diary with David (LH)

1! 19:45 - 20:00 Meeting with Dep David Stanton and community
groups re Youghal Sewerage Scheme (Town Hall, Youghat)

S 14:45 - 15:00 Briefing by video link with Teresa Cawley
IH 15:00 -15:30 Frank Feighan TD + Craughan Development
Company (LH)
B 15:30 - 16:00 Minister Hayes, OPW and D/JEI officials (LH)
1117:30 - 18:00 Kilkenny LEADER C o . - Launch of Food Strategy for
the South East (Lyrath Hotel)

27 April

28 April

H 09:30 -10:00 Launch of Ducketts Grove Crafts Centre (Ducketts
Grove Estate, Carlow)
H 10:00 -10:30 Water Safety Officer s Conference (Sevenoaks Hotel,
Carlow)
H 11:00 -11:30 Opening of extension to Gowran N..S. (Gowran,
Kilkenny)
i ! 12:15 -13:00 Closing Address Irish Planning Institute National
Conference (Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel)

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30 April

01 May

ID 12:00 - 12:30 Meet and photo with Mrs. Cooper (born in KK
Castle) (Kilkenny Castle)

IS 09:00

1315:00 - 15:30 Launch of Leave No Trace Primary School Resource

SI 13:30 -14:00 FG launch of EU Treaty Campaign

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0 1 5 :3 0 - 1 6 :0 0 IPBMI (LH)
H 16:15 - 16:45 Ministers O Sullivan and Shortall re mainstreamed
drugs projects (LM)

02 May

03 May

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H 07:00 - 07:30 Taoiseach (Govt Buildings)

09:00 - 09:30 Irish Charities Expo (Industries Hall, RDS)

2 10:00 -10:30 Gum Litter Taskforce Launch (Top of Grafton Street)
Hi 11:00 - 12:00 Sean and Yvonne (LH)

S3 08:00 - 09:30 Cabinet Committee on Social Policy (Sycamore
Room)

12:00 - 12:30 Diary with David (LH)

IE09:30 -10:00

13:00 - 13:30 Launch of Clean Coasts Week (Doliymount Beach)

Hi 14:00 -14:30 Irish Holstein Fresian Association National Open Day
(Jenkinstown, Kilkenny)

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':00Clai reLLH).
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Climate Change (LH)

H 16:00 -16:15 Photo with Minister1Sherlock and students from the
Loreto Secondary School, Fermoy (Plinth, LH)
H 16:30 - 17:45 Orals (LH)
H 17:00 - 18:30 Cabinet Committee on European Affairs

i 19:30 - 21:00 Cabinet Committee on Climate Change and the
Green Economy (LH)

04 May

Des Dowling (LH)

05 May

H 15:00 -16:00 Meeting with the Board of the WDC (Ballaghadereen)

06 May

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H 08:45 - 09:00 Sec, Gen (LH)
H 09:00 -1 0 :3 0 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room)
H 10:30 -1 3 :3 0 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)

M 14:30 -1 5 :0 0 Debr ief with Sec Gen (LH) <?
H 15:15 -1 5 :3 0 Sean McKeown (LH)
H 15:30 - 16:00 Briefing with officials for meeting with CEBs (LH)
S I 16:00 - 17:00 Sean McKeown, Delegation from CEBs (LH)
S317:00 -1 7 :3 0 Political meeting re L.G Reform (LH)

09 May

10 May

109:30 -1 0 :3 0 Chief Fire Officers Association Conference 2012
(Ballymascanlon Hotel, Dundalk)
i 14:30 -1 6 :3 0 Annual Showcase of Young Social Innovators
Awards (CityWest Convention Centre)
i 16:30 - 19:30 Dail Second Stage resumed - Electoral Amendment
(Political Funding) Bill (LH)

11 May
316:00 - 17:00 Kilkenny Local Launch of the Gum Litter Taskforce
(Parade, Kilkenny)

12 May
111:00 -1 3 :0 0 Canvassing for EU Treaty (Freshford/ Ballyragget/
Castlecomer)

i 19:15 - 20:00 Meet with ACCC Executive (Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny)
320:00 - 22:00 Address ACCC Conference Dinner (Newpark Hotel,
Kilkenny)

13 May

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14 May

15 May

3 08:30 - 09:30 Breakfast meeting with SIMI (Kilkenny)

E ! 09:00 - 10:00 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room) t?

S 14:30 -14:45 Briefing with officials (CH)

0 1 0 :3 0 - 13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) *?

M 14:45 -16:15 IEN/Env Pillar (CH)

@ 14:30 - 15:00 Eddie (LH)

S317:00 -18:00 Sean, Yvonne (CH)*?

H 15:00 - 16:00 Briefing with Rita McNulty, Finola Moylette (LH)
M 16:00 - 16:30 Ivan Grimes (LH)
13 16:30 - 17:00 Meeting with Lord Mayor of Dublin (LH)
^ 17:15 -17:45 Topical Issue Debate (LH)

S I 21:00 - 22:30 Address the VFIAG M

Gala Dinner (Hotel Kilkenny)

16 May

17 May

M 08:00 - 09:00 Minister to visit UCD s Program for Experimental
Atmospheres and Climate (PEAC) facility (UCD)

H 10:00 - 10:30 Michael Courtney - Doctoral Research Interview (LH)

13 09:00 - 09:30 Open GHG Emissions Reductions workshop for UCD
Earth Institute and N.ESC (UCD)
11:Q0 - 12:00 Briefing re planning matters (LH)

18 May

19 May

IS 11:00 - 11:30 Meeting with Paul McSweeney (LG House)

1111:00 -13:00 Canvassing for EU Treaty (St Patrick s, City)

EU 14:00 - 15:00 WDC Conference (Carlton Shearwater Hotel,

Marina

S 14:00 -16:00 Canvassing for EU Treaty (Johnstown/Urlingford)

Point, Baliinasioe, Co Galway)
E 15:00 - 15:30 Meeting with Creggs Village group re sewerage
scheme (Carlton Shearwater Hotel)
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Hotel, Mullingar)
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House, Mullingar)

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22 May

21 May
9 1 0 :3 0 - 12:00 An Taisce Green Schools Awards Ceremony (Silver
Springs Moran Hotel, Cork)
13:30 - 14:00 Visit Cobh Landslide Programme (Cobh, Co. Cork)

09:00 - 10:00 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room)

9110:00 - 10:15 Briefing with

Pat Macken (LH)

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9114:00 - 14:30 Visit to Cobh Library

1314:30 - 15:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH)

9115:00 -16:00 Open Midleton Waste Water Treatment Plant
Extension (Midleton, Co. Cork)

9115:30 -18:00

5115:00 - 15:30 Briefing for JOC meeting (LH)
Department Estimates - Environment Committee
(Committee Room 4)

9 19:30 - 19:45 Private Members Bill - Shane Ross - lOmin debate
(5 x 2) (LH)

9120:00 - 22:00 GFC Consulting

(Merrion Hotel)

24 May

23 May

3 0 8 :3 0 - 09:45 MinMAC (CH)
9108:00 - 09:30 Arthur Guinness Fund Awards (Gravity Bar)
9110:00 -10:30 Philanthropy Ireland conference - Minister to give 9112:00 - 13:30 Official opening

of The Kilkenny Research and
Innovation Centre (St. Kieran’s College, Kilkenny)

the opening address (Alexander Hotel)

9111:30 -12:15 Sean McKeown (LH)
9112:15 -13:00 John McCarthy, Ronan

9113:30 - 14:30 Attend with Taoiseach for jobs announcement at
Mulhall, Sean McKeown

(LH)

9115:00 -15:30 Anna McKenna - Drogheda
9115:30 -16:00 Diary with David (LH)

City Status (LH)

Connect Irl. (Kilkenny)
3 17:10 - 17:30 Address Dublin Chamber conference "Address
Sustainability - Win in Business" (Byrne Wallace, 88 Harcourt St.,
D2)

9119:00 - 19:30 FBC for LG Amendment Bill

25 May

26 May

3 18:30 - 19:00 Conference - Occupational Health Society of
Ireland (Whites Hotel, Wexford)

9 1 1 :0 0 - 13:00 Canvassing for EU Treaty

27 May

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9 18:30 - 21:00 Canvassing for EU Treaty

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9 08:45 - 09:15 Briefing with John McCarthy, Dave Walsh (LH)
9 09:00 -10:00 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room) «?
9 10:00 - 10:30 Meeting with Chair DDDA (LH)
9 10:30 -12:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) «?
9 12:30 -13:00 Yvonne (LH)
9 13:30 -14:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (by phone) (LH) v*
9 14:00 -16:00 Intel Involved Awards (Leixlip)

30 May

31 May

El 09:45 -10:00 Briefing for meeting with the EEB (LH)

ul 10:30 - 11:30 Sec. Gen. (CH)

Cl 10:00 -12:00 Meeting with the EEB SG Jeremy Wates and Policy
Director Pieter de Pous (LH)
«l 12:00 - 12:30 Diary with David (LH)
• 112:30 -13:30 Sean. Yvonne (LH)
>115:00 -15:30 Meeting with Bord na Mona CEO Gabriel Darcy
and Pat Downes re Resource Recovery (LH)
i<l 16:00 -16:30 Meeting with the Irish Property Council (LH)

01 June

02 June

■ 10:45 -11:30 Remedial Action List/WSIP (Lady Gregory Hotel,

9 15:00 -17:30 Clifden 2012 Conference (Station House Theatre,
Clifden)

Gort)
■ 11:30 -12:00 Launch of Galway Co Co Initiatives (Lady Gregory
Hotel, Gort)
I I 12:00 -12:15 Green Flag Raising (Northampton N.S., Kinvara)
1112:15 -12:30 Unveil Plaque for Kinvara Water Treatment Plant
(Kinvara WTP)
1 12:30 -13:15 Kiltiernan Group Water Scheme (Kiltiernan)
9 1 3 :4 5 -14:30 Lunch (Meadow Court Hotel, Loughrea)
9 1 3 :4 5 -13:55 Sen. Healy-Eames, Mark Kelly [lOmins] (Meadow
Court Hotel)
9 14:30 -14:45 Carnmore/Clostoken Scheme Sod Turning (adj.
Meadow Court Hotel) (Clostoken, Loughrea)
9 14:45 -15:30 Official Opening of DBO 2 (Lough Rea Hotel,
■ 15:30 - 16:45 Co Co Presentations (Regional Office, Barrack S t ,
2 16:45 -17:30 Presentation of Community Grants & Corporate

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■ 09:00 -10:00 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room) O
U 10:30 - 13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)
■ 14:30 -15:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH) O
■ 15:00 -16:00 Sean McKeown (LH)
I I 17:00 -17:30 Briefing with Michael Layde (LH)
I I 17:30 -19:00 Cabinet Ctte on Mortgage Arrears (LH)

06 June
B 09:10 - 09:45 Dublin City BID Conference (Westbury Hotel)
B 10:00 -10:30 Briefing for Jt Ctte & Env Council (LH)

07 June
■ 08:30 - 09:00 Briefing for meeting with NAMA (CH)

B 09:00 -10:00 Meeting with NAMA re Social Housing (Minister's
Conference Room, CH)

■ 10:30 -11:15 Joint Ctte on Environment, Transport, Culture &
Gaeltacht [ Aarhus and Env Council ] (Ctte Room 4, LH)

■ 11:15 -12:45 For info: Dail - PMB re Building Regs/Control (LH)

■ 11:20 ■12:05 Dail - Electoral Amendment (Poitical Funding) Bill
[backup item] (LH)

■ 11:30 - 12:45 25th Anniversary Blue Flag Awards (Portmarnock
Hotel and Golf Links)

■ 12:00 -13:00 Briefing for meeting with CCMA (LH)

B 15:30 - 16:30 Opening

B 13:30 -14:00 Meeting with Minister Coveney re LULUCF (LH)
■ 14:15 -14:30 Launch of OSF - Photocall (Govt. Buildings)

of Tullamore WWTP (Tullamore, Co

Offaly)
■ 16:30 -17:00 Visit Molloy Pre Cast Concrete (Clara Road,
Tullamore)
■ 18:00 -19:00 Opening of Ballykeeran/Glasson WSIP Scheme
(Glasson, Co. Westmeath)

i 1 19:30 - 21:00 Dili - PMB re Building Regs/Control (LH)

08 June

09 June

B 13:00 -13:30 Launch of Kilkenny Bike Week (Kilkenny)
B 19:30 - 22:30 FEE General Assembly Gala Dinner (with An Taisce)
(Farmleigh)

10 June
3 09:00 -18:30 Travel to Luxembourg

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3 09:00 -17:00 Environment Council (Luxembourg)

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09:00 -10:00 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Taoiseach's Dining
Room) <?

3 1 0 :3 0 -13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) &
3 1 4 :3 0 -15:00 Select Committee Environment - Aarhus
Convention and Dormant Accounts Bill (CR 4)
3 1 6 :3 0 - 17:00 Debrief with Sec Gen [by phone] (LH) O

13 June

14 June

3

09:30 -10:00 St. Patrick's NS Green Flag (Church Road,
Greystones, Co. Wicklow)

3 08:45 - 09:00 Briefing with Sec. Gen. (LH)

3

11:00 -12:00 Sean, Yvonne (LH)

3 1 1 :3 0 -12:30 Sean, Yvonne (LH)

3 12:00 -13:00 Meeting with KLP (DecEan Rice) and Carlow
LEADER (Mary Walsh) (LH)
3 1 4 :0 0 -15:00 Meeting with Labour Party TDs (LP PP Rooms - LH
2000, Level 0)
[ ] 15:30 - 16:00 Diary with David (LH)

3

09:15 -10:45 Cabinet Committee on Public Service Reform (LH)

3 1 3 :0 0 - 14:00 Minister Fitzgerald (LH)
3 1 5 :1 5 -15:30 Briefing with Des Dowling (LH)
3 1 5 :3 0 -17:00 Cabinet Ctte on Economic Recovery and Jobs (LH)

3

17:30 -18:00 Video Conference with Ivan Grimes (LH)

19:30 - 21:00 Cabinet Committee on Economic Infrastructure
(LH)
9 20:15 - 21:00 Dail - PMB re Planning Inquiries (LH)

15 June

16 June

[ ] 10:00 -13:00 NSMC Plenary (Farmleigh)
3 1 4 :0 0 - 16:00 NSMC Environment (Farmleigh)

17 June

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19 June
B 03:45 - 18:00 Travel to UN CSD meeting (Rio de Janeiro)
1 21:00 - 22:00 Briefing with Ambassador and Irish Delegation

20 June

21 June

■ 07:45 - 08:45 Depart Hotel for Riocentro

1 08:00 - 08:45 Depart Hotel for Riocentro

1 09:00 - 09:30 Minister to sign education MoUs (CNPq) (Bilateral
meeting room n° 04)

1 09:30 - 10:00 Bilateral Meeting-Micronesia - President Mr.
Emmanuel Mori

1 10:00 -10:30 1st plenary meeting [formal opening] (Pavilion 5)

■ 10:15 - 10:45 Bilateral - Malawi - Minister for Environment and
Climate Change Ms. Catherine Gotani Hara, MP (Irish Delegation

■ 10:30 -11:00 Bilateral - Vanuatu - Prime Minister Mr. Meltek
Sato Kilman Liutavanu (Pavilion 4, Bilateral room n°07)
1 11:00 -11:30 Bilateral - St Lucia - Minister for Sustainable
1 11:30 - 12:00 Bilateral - Dominica
1 12:00 - 12:30 Interview with Matt Cooper, Today FM (Irish
■ 12:30 - 13:00 Eddie (Irish Delegation Office Pav 4 L 11)
■ 13:00 - 13:30 Yvonne (Irish Delegation Office Pav 4 L 11)
■ 15:00 -15:45 2nd plenary meeting [Ceremonial Opening]
■ 16:00 -16:15 Group photo - Heads of State/ Govt & Heads of
■ 16:30 - 18:30 High Level Round Table meeting: Theme - Looking
■ 18:30 -19:00 Interview with Shane Coleman, Newstalk (Irish
■ 19:00 -19:45 Depart Riocentro for Hotel

■ 10:40 -11:00 Minister signs education MoUs (Capes) (Bilateral
meeting room, n° 06. )
■ 11:00 -12:00 Meeting with Irish NGO's (Irish Delegation Office,
Pav 4)
B 12:30 - 13:00 Bilateral -Tonga - Ambassador Mr. Sonatane
Taumoepeau-Tupou (PR NY) (Irish Delegation Office, Pav 4 )
■ 14:45 -15:15 Bilateral with Executive Director of World Food
1 15:30 - 16:00 Meeting with Jacquie McGlade, EEA (Pav. 4,
■ 16:15 -16:45 Bilateral - Belize - Minister Forestry, Fisheries and
■ 17:30 - 18:30 Interview with Frank McDonald, Irish Times
■ 21:30 - 22:00 Minister delivers National Statement to Plenary

22 June

23 June

■ 09:00 - 09:45 Depart Hotel for Riocentro

■ 14:30 - 15:00 Depart Hotel for airport

■ 11:00 - 11:30 Prime Minister of Bhutan, Jackie McGlade EEA
(Irish Delegation Office Pav 4 L 11)

■ 16:30 - 17:30 Depart Rio de Janerio

1 14:45 -15:30 Meeting with Dr. Mary Robinson, Tara Shine (Irish
Delegation Office Pav 4 L 11)
1 16:30 -19:00 Closing session of CSD Rio + 20

24 June
■ 11:30 - 12:00 Arrival in Dublin Airport

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26 June

3 1 3 :0 0 -13:30 Minister to welcome delegates to the DRIERS
conference - Design Institute of Emergency Relief Systems
(Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny)

9109:00 - 10:00 Taoiseach and FG Ministers (Sycamore Room)

9 1 5 :0 0 -15:45 Sean, Yvonne (CH) >-

9 10:00 -13:00 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) O
9 13:45 - 14:15 Briefing for JOC meeting (LH)
J 14:15 -15:45 JOC Environment re Septic Tank Inspection Regs.

9 16:00 - 16:30 Launch of the EPA's State of the Environment
Report (St. Stephen's Green )
9 1 6 :3 0 -17:15 SG + Maurice Coughlan (LH)

9 1 6 :3 0 - 17:30 Media re Septic Tank Inspection Regs.
9 1 7 :3 0 -18:00 Debrief with Sec Gen [by phone] (LH)

9 17:15 -17:45 Meet and greet with Dep. Deering and Unum
Reps. (LH)

II 18:30 -19:00

Briefing with Michael Layde for Cab. Comm. (LH)

9 19:00 - 20:30 Cabinet Ctte on

Mortgage Arears (Sycamore Room)

28 June

27 June
9 08:15

- 08:30 Interview - Morning Ireland

9 08:30

- 10:00 MinMAC (CH)

9 08:30 - 09:00 Sean, Yvonne (LH)

9 1 0 :0 0 -10:45 Meeting with Bord Gais (CH)

9 09:00 -10:00 Des Dowling, Denis Conlan re LG Reform (LH)

9 11:00

9 10:00 -10:30 Briefing on the report of the Pyrite Panel (LH)

-11:30 Launch of Governance Code for Voluntary and
Community Sector (Round Room, Mansion House, Dawson Street)

9 1 0 :3 0 -11:00 Diary with David (LH)

9 1 1 :4 5 -12:00 Briefing with Des Dowling (LH)

9 1 1 :1 5 -11:30 Briefing with Declan Bourke (LH)

9 12:00 -12:30

9 11:30 -12:15

9 1 4 :0 0 -15:00 Meeting re HC - Des Dowling, Jackie Maguire,
LGMA. (LH)

Ministers Rabbitte and O'Dowd re National
Broadband Plan (LH)

9 14:45 -15:00 Briefing with Gerry Flannery re Doolin Sewerage
Scheme

9 15:00 -15:30 Senator Martin Conway

9 1 6 :3 0 -17:45 ORALS (LH)

9 18:30 -19:00

St Doolin Sewerage Ctte

Delegation (LH)

29 June

30 June

9 09:20 - 09:50 Official Opening

of Sligo Leader HQ (Pearse Road,

Sligo)
3 10:00 -11:00 Sligo Leader Seminar (Sligo Park Hotel)

9 11:00 • 11:15 Interview with Ocean

FM

j   11:30 -11:45 Photo-op with Sligo CoCo staff re ST Registrations

9 12:00 -13:00

Launch of WDC Million Euro Micro Energy Fund
(Dock Arts Centre, Carrick-on-Shannon)

3 13:10 -13:40 Leitrim County Manager + officials (Landmark

1 14:00 -14:30 Patrick Curran's Tourism Accommodation (Fenagh, 01 July
114:50 -15:10 Meet Leitrim Development Company

J 15:15 • 15:35 'People's Park'

Project (Drumshanbo)

115:40 -16:10 Visit McGuire's Cottages/8akery (Drumshanbo)
3 16:30 - 17:00 Opening of Orumkeeriri Sewerage Plant
117:20 - 17:10 Visit Lock Up Alarms (Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim)
113:00 - 13:30 Glencar Community Park (Glencar)
J 18:30 - 13.00 Lough .Melvin Eco-Park (Kinlough, Co. Leitrim)

SIMI (LH)

Media briefing re e-voting (CH)

 July 2012

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■ 15:00 -15:30 Sean. Yvonne (CH) «>

.110:30 - 13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)

■ 15:30 - 15:45 Russell O'Halloran (CH)

..114:30 - 15:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH)

■ 15:45 -16:00 Eddie (CH)

J 15:30 -16:00 Eddie (LH)

■ 16:00 - 17:00 Des Dowling, Denis Conlan re LG Reform (CH)

t>l 16:00 - 16:30 Sen. Ronan Mullen (LH)

1 1 7 :0 0 -18:00 Briefing with Mark Griffin (CH)

-■I 16:30 - 17:30 Briefing with Des Dowling, Denis Conlan re LG
Reform (LH)
.■118:00 - 18:30 Briefing with Donal Enright for Cab. Comm. (LH)
^118:30 - 20:00 Cabinet Ctte on Economic Recovery and Jobs (LH)

04 July

05 July

■ 10:00 -10:30 Photocall - Launch Town & City Management
Framework (Custom House)

f l 09:00 -10:00 Travel to Nicosia for launch of Cypriot presidency
(for Tao.)

■ 11:00 -11:45 Interview with KCLR (Dail Studio - Kidare House)
1 1 2 :0 0 -12:30 Frank Flannery + Forum on Philanthropy members
(LH)
■ 12:30 -13:00 Eddie (LH)
f l 13:30 - 14:30 Launch of the Report of the Forum on
Philanthropy (National Library)

06 July

07 July
f l 09:00 -10:00 Informal Environment Council (Nicosia. Cyprus)

08 July
3 09:00 -10:00 Informal Environment Council (Nicosia. Cyprus)

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9 11:30 -12:00 Turning of sod at St. Luke's Hospital extension

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■ 16:00 -16:40 Sean, Yvonne (CH) O

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9 16:40 -17:00
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Des Dowling/Denis Conlan - LG Policy paper (CH)
Briefing for Pyrite-related meetings (CH)

■ 17:30 -18:30 Meeting with Irish Insurance Federation (CH)

9 18:30 -19:00 Minister of State McEntee (CH)

9 1 6 :4 5 -17:00 Briefing for meeting with Irish Concrete
Federation (LH)
9 17:00 -18:00 Meeting with Irish Concrete Federation (LH)

11 July

12 July

■ 09:00 -10:00 Meeting with CIF (CH)

Bl 09:30 -10:00 Mary Sutton (CH)

■ 10:00 -10:30 Sean McKeown (CH)

1116:45 -18:00 Seanad - Electoral Amendment Bill (LH)

■ 11:00 - 11:30 Briefing for Committee Stage (LH)

9 11:30 -13:00 Committee Stage of the

Electoral Amendment

(Political Funding ) Bill

9 14:30 -15:00

Family Resource Centres - Briefing for Oireachtas
members (Shelbourne Hotel)

9 15:45 -16:00

Briefing with Donal Enright & Barry Quinlan (LH)

■ 16:00 - 16:30 Irish Sports Council (LH)
■ 16:30 - 17:30 Des Dowling, Denis Conlan re LG Reform (LH)
■ 18:00 -19:30 Dail ■Electoral (Amemdment) Bill 2012 (LH)

14 July

13 July
9 0 9 :0 0 - 09:15 Attend NuFlow jobs announcement with Minister
Bruton and Deputy Durkan ( Custom House)

9 10:00 -11:00

Meeting re Water Reform Prog. (CH)

9 1 1 :2 0 -12:30 Attend meeting with Taoiseach and Prof. Pajendra
Pachauiri, Chairman of the IPCC (Government Buildings)
9 1 4 :1 5 -14:30 Briefing for meeting with HomeBond (LH)
9 1 4 :3 0 -15:30 Meeting with HomeBond - Conor Taaffe and John
Kennedy (LH)

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FG Ministers' meeting

Briefing with John McCarthy, Ronan Mulhall (LH )
- Phil Hogan - (DECLG)

B 10:15 -13:15 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)
B 15:00 -16:00 Briefing - Kevin O'Donoghue (CH)
B 16:00 -16:30 Debrief with Sec Gen (CH)
B 16:30 -16:45 Minister to join the briefing of the Pyrite Action

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18 July

19 July

.109:30 -10:00 Photo-op for launch of Anti-Litter Campaign (CH )

B 08:30 - 10:00 MinMAC (CH)
B 11:00 - 11:30 Eddie (LH)
B 12:00 -12:30 Briefing for Electoral

1 10:00 -10:15 Minister to drop into GPP meeting (Main
Conference Room, CH)
.110:30 - 11:00 David Leach re LG Reform (LH)
. 111:15 -11:30 Briefing with Nina Murray (LH [by video link])
■J 11:30 - 12:00 Galway Oir Members (LH)
A 12:30 - 13:00 Sen. Pat O 'N eill. Tony Carroll (LH)
-1 14:00 -15:00 Press Conference re Report of the Pyrite Panel
(Main Conference Room, CH)
.116:00 - 16:30 Minister Rabbitte re Affordable Energy/PAYS/BER
(LH - Minister Rabbitte's Office)
A 21:00 - 21:30 Stephen Donnelly TD (LH)

(Amendment) (Political

Funding ) Bill - Report Stage (LH)

B 13:00 -15:00

D ail: Report and Final Stages - Electoral
Amendment (Political Funding) Bill (LH)

B 15:00 -15:45

Dail - Statements on Govt Response to Mahon

Report (LH)

B 16:30 - 17:00 Seamus Boland (LH)
B 17:00 - 17:30 Briefing with Michael Layde for Cab. Comm.
B 17:30 - 19:00 Cabinet Committee on Mortgage Arrears
(Sycamore Room) - Ian Murphy - (DECLG)

20 July

21 July

9 08:00 - 09:30 G ovt Media Roster [20-22 July] <?

3108:00 - 09:30 G ovt Media Roster [20-22 July]

B

12:00 -13:15 Report to Seanad of amendments to the Electoral
(Amendment) (Political Funding) Bill (LH)

■ 14:00 -14:30 Eddie (LH)

22 July
3! 08:00 - 09:30 Govt. Media Roster [20-22 July] «?

(LH)

 July 2012

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Hi 14:30 -15:00 Briefing with Sean Hogan (CH)

M 14:30 - 15:00

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25 July

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H 11:00 - 13:00 NSMC Agriculture/Rural Development (Armagh)

^ 11:00 -11:30 Eddie (LH)

1116:00 -18:00 McGill Summer School (Gienties)

H 12:15 -12:45 Secretary General & Rfona (CH)
□ 13:00 -13:15 Denis Conian (CH)
M 13:30 -14:00 Rita McNulty (CH)

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S 1 0:30 ~ 11:30 Launch of Rural Alliances project (Macalla Hall, Lough
Lannagh Holiday Village, Old Westport Road, Castlebar, Co Mayo)

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H 15:00 - 15:30 John O Neill & Des Dowing (CH)
IH 16:00 -1 6 :3 0 George Jones & Ronan Foley - IP8 (CH)
10 16:30 - 17:00 Fiona Quinn re Aarhus/Presidency matters (CH)
H 17:00 - 17:30 Sean McKeown (CH)
M 17:30 -1 8 :0 0 Des Dowling & Denis Conlan (CH)

31 August

01 September

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04 September

i l 12:30 - 13:30 Arrive Beijing / transfer to hotel

1108:00 - 09:15 Breakfast meeting with representatives of European
Chamber of Commerce (Jianguo Hotel)

i l 16:00 -16:45 Meeting with CAAS Party Secretary Mr. XUE Liang
H 16:45 - 17:30 Tour of CAAS National Agricultural Science and
Technology Demonstration Park

SI 10:00 -11:00 Meeting with Minister CHEN Lei, Minister for Water
Resources
§H 15:00 - 16:00 Meeting with Mr, XIE Zhenhua, Vice Chair National
Development and Reform Commission
1116:30 -17:00 Tour of Parkview Green [Energy efficient building
using Irish Tech - Cylon Controls]
1118:30 - 21:00 Business dinner

05 September

06 September

H10:00 - 11:00 Meeting with Vice Minister for Environmental

H09:00 -10:15 Meeting with the Director General of SND

Protection, Mr U Ganji

M 14:30 - 19:45 Depart Beijing South Railway Station for Suzhou

S 20:15 - 20:30 Arrive Shangri La Hotel, Suzhou

Administrative Committee and Vice Mayor of Huqiu District

II 10:30 - 11:30 Visit to Suzhou Science and Technology Town
M 11:30 - 13:00 Lunch with SND management (Qingshan Hotel)

H13:15 -14:45 Visit to Suzhou Embroidery Museum
M 14:45 -15:45 Visit to Tiger Hill

M 16:00 - 16:30 Eddie

H17:00 - 17:30 Meeting with Mayor of Suzhou Municipal
Government

EH17:30 - 19:30 Dinner hosted by the Mayor of Suzhou
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07 September
M 08:30 - 09:30 Visit to Glanbia factory, Suzhou

08 September

HI10:30 - 11:30 Visit to the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition
H13:00 -14:00 Informal lunch - Irishman s Bar and Restaurant,

Hi10:15 -11:00 Train from Suzhou to Shanghai
Pudong
1112:30 -14:00 Connect Ireland event (Irish Consulate)
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1115:30 - 16:30 Eddie
H20:00 - 21:00 Depart hotel for airport
S 17:00 - 17:30 Meeting with the Vice Mayor of Shanghai
3 20:00 - 22:00 Dinner with Irish business community hosted by the
Consul General (URBN Hotel)

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11 September

H 11:00 - 14:00 SuperValu National TidyTowns Awards Ceremony
{The Helix)

12 September

13 September

H 10:30 -11:00 Briefing with Philip Nugent (CH)

SU 08:30 - 09:00 Photo-Op for Launch of RX3 Bulky Waste Report
(Croke Park)

S311:00 - 12:00 Yvonne (CH)
!H 12:00 - 13:00 Visit to Bord Gais Eireann (Foley Street D2 )
US 15:00 - 16:00 FG Ministers meeting (Sycamore Room) ^
@ 16:00 - 18:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)

H 09:00 - 09:30 Open EPA Environment Ireland Conference (Croke
Park)
H 10:45 - 11:15 Debrief with Sec Gen (CH)
SU 11:30 - 12:00 Briefing for meeting with TechAmerica (CH)
1] 12:00 - 13:00 Meeting with TechAmerica Europe (Main conference
Room, CH)
H 14:00 - 15:00 Meeting with the Tanaiste (LH)
M 16:00 - 16:30 Sec, Gen (CH)
H 16:30 - 17:00 Briefing with Owen Ryan and Dave Walsh for
meeting with Jarosiaw Pietras, DG of D G -E, Council Secretariat
H 17:00 -18:00 Meeting with Jarosiaw Pietras, Director General of
D G -E, Council Secretariat (CH)
£318:30 ~19:30 Book Launch - Kilkenny Families in the Great War

14 September

15 September

@ 09:30 -10:00 Lifeline Seminar 2012 (Butler House)
H 19:00 - 22:30 AMAI Centenary Annual Conference + meeting with
AMAI Executive (Carlton Shearwater Hotel, Ballinasloe, Co Galway)

16 September

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U 15:00 - 15:30 Ballyfermot STAR project (7 Drumfin Park Dublin 10)

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I ! 15:45 -16:00 Briefing with Rfona Nr Fhlanghaile (CH)

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20 September

EH 15:15 - 16:00 Briefing for meeting with SoS Davey (LH)

H 08:15 - 08:30 Briefing for Cabinet Ctte (LH)

B 17:45 -18:00 Briefing with Niall Cussen & Philip Nugent (by
videolink) (LH)

M 08:30 - 09:30 Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs

£118:00 - 18:30 Irish Planning Institute & Min O Sullivan (LH)
G 18:45 - 20:00 Des Dowling, Colm Lavery (LH)

Ml 09:30 -10:30 Meeting with UK Secretary of State for Energy and
Climate Change, Edward Davey MP (LH - Room 2 )
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t l 15:00 - 15:30 Yvonne (LH)
H 15:30 -16:30 Larry Donald, Eoin O Neachtain, Yvonne (LH)

21 September

22 September

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24 September

25 September

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4 5 6 7
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M 15:00 - 15:30 Eddie (CH)

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H 15:45 - 16:00 John O Neill (CH)

H 14:30 - 15:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH)

M 16:00 -16:45 John O Neill & LGMA (CH)

Q 15:00 - 16:00 Sean McKeown (LH)

S! 17:00 -17:15 Sec, Gen, (CH)

26 September

27 September

S i 09:30 -12:00 National Ploughing Championships (New Ross, Co
Wexford)

H 08:30 - 10:00 MinMAC (CH)

H 12:00 - 12:30 Open LEADER Village at National Ploughing
Championships (Heathpark, New Ross, Co Wexford)

^ 12:30 -13:30 Green 10 meeting (LH - Room 741)

H 12:00 - 12:30 Briefing for Green 10 meeting (LH)

H 18:00 -19:00 Sec Gen ., Mary Moylan, Maurice Coughlan (LH)

28 September

29 September

S 09:00 - 09:30 Sec Gen and Barry Quinlan (LH)
H 09:30 -10:30 Bilateral with Taoiseach - Minister & Sec Gen (Govt
Buildings)
U 14:00 -14:30 Visit M&T Composting (Bailymacksey, Clonroche, Co
Wexford)
IS 15:00 -16:00 Opening of new facility for independent living for
people with intellectual disabilities (Croi An Tobair, Oilgate,
Wexford)
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02 October

1109:00 - 13:30 EEB Annua! Conference (Palais des Academies, Rue
Ducale, 1 1000 Bruxelles)

H 10:15 -13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)

H 09:30 - 10:30 Bilateral with Achim Steiner, UNEP

H 13:30 -13:45 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH) O

H 09:00 -10:15 FG Ministers meeting (LH) &

H 15:00 - 15:30 Roseanna Cunningham, Scottish Minister for
Community Safety and Legal Affairs (LH)
l   W $ ( k g ^ !   ^ e a n McKeown (LH)

03 October

04 October

1110:00 -15:00 Meeting with EU Commission in Brussels

H 08:30 - 09:00 Briefing with Des and Denis (CH)
HI 09:00 -10:00 Congress of Council of Europe Monitoring visit (CH)
§ 10:00 -10:30 Mark Griffin - Briefing on IW matters (CH)
HI 10:30 -11:00 Des, Denis, Sean re LG Reform (CH)
I ! 13:00 -15:30 Repak Recycling Awards 2012 + photocall for
launch of the Every Can Counts recycling programme (Croke Park
Conference Centre)

05 October

06 October

H 12:30 -13:00 Address International Bar Association (Butler House)
H 13:00 -14:00 International Bar Association lunch (Kilkenny Castle
Design Centre)

07 October

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H 14:30 - 15:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH) ^
S 15:00 - 16:00 Sean McKeown (LH)
H 16:00 - 16:30 Inland Fisheries Ireland (LH)

10 October

11 October

H 08:30 - 09:00 Jutta Haug MEP - S&D (12G254 ASP)

SU 08:30 - 10:00 Cabinet Ctte on Public Service Reform (LH)

11 10:00 -10:30 Chris Davies MEP - ALDE (10G173 ASP )
SI 10:30 - 11:00 Bas Eickhout MEP - Green (07H149)

H 10:00 - 10:30 Launch DCC Safety & Health Programme (Civic
Offices, Wood Quay)

1111:00 -11:30 Holger Krahmer MEP - ALDE (10G146 ASP)

H 11:15 -11:30 Briefing with Mark Griffin (LH)

D 12:00 - 12:30 Richard Seeber MEP - EPP (08F163 ASP)

H 11:30 -12:15 Cmr CER - Dermot Nolan & Cathy Mannion (LH)

M 14:00 -14:30 Thomas Ulmer MEP - EPP (6Q1 JAN building)

H 13:30 - 15:40 Dail Statements on FSDI (LH)

H 18:30 -19:00 Carl Schlyter MEP - Greens (08G115 ASP)

H 16:30 -17:00 Minister McEntee re Report of Pyrite Panel (LH)

12 October

13 October
SI 11:00 -12:00 Traditional Building & Conservation Skills in Action
Exhibition (Kilkenny Castle)
EH 16:00 -17:00 Book Launch (Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny)
Hi 19:30 - 21:30 Irish Water Safety Examiner’s Conference Dinner
(Newpark Hotel, Kilkenny)

14 October

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15 October

16 October

1! 14:15 -15:00 Briefing with Des Dowling and Denis Conlan re LG
Reform (CH)

1109:00 - 10:15 FG Ministers meeting (LH)

H 15:00 -16:00 Yvonne (CH)

S I 11:30 - 15:00 Launch of the Action Plan for LG (Dublin Castle)

M 16:25 -16:30 Briefing with Karen Flynn (CH)

H 16:30 -18:30 Media interviews

H 16:30 -17:00 Inner City Enterprise (CH)

M 21:00 - 22:30 Prime Time

17 October

18 October

109:30 - 10:30 Sean McKeown (LH)

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HI 10:15 -13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) &

H 09:30 - 11:00 Meeting with Japanese companies - Irish Exporters
Assoc,, (Grant Thornton - 24/26 City Quay)
H 11:00 - 11:30 Planting of Tree for AMAI Centenary (CH)
H 12:00 -12:30 Irish Postmasters Union (LH)

15:30 -16:00 Rose Hynes (LH)
@116:30 -17:00 Eddie (LH)
HI 20:30 - 22:30 Annual County & City Managers Society Dinner
(Radisson Blu Hotel, Sligo)

H 12:30 -15:40 Dail Statements on the Report of the Pyrite Panel
(LH)
H 16:00 -16:15 Interview with Jamie Smyth (LH)
H 16:15 - 16:30 Briefing with Donal Enright (LH)
H 16:30 - 17:30 Minister Burton re Labour Market Activation
(Minister Burton's Office, LH)
H 19:30 - 21:30 EnviroCom Awards (Stillorgan Park Hotel)

19 October

20 October

SI 11:00 -11:30 Newpark Close, KK„
IS 14:00 -15:30 Innovate Carlow Start-Up & Business Awards 2012
(Sevenoaks Hotel Carlow)

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23 October

M 12:00 - 12:15 David (CH)

M 08:30 - 09:00 Eddie (LH)

H 12:15 - 12:30 Mark Griffin (CH)

H 09:00 - 10:15 FG Ministers meeting (LH)

£115:00 -16:00 Briefing for Environment Council (CH)

H 10:15 -13:00 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)

H 16:00 -17:00 Review of Oral PQ replies with SG

H 13:00 -13:15 Photo-op after Govt meeting for Winter-Ready
campaign (Sycamore Room)

H 17:00 -17:30 Eddie (CH)

M 13:30 -14:00 Eddie (LH)
H 14:00 -15:15 Oral PQs (LH)
1115:30 - 16:30 Presidency briefing - Climate Change (LH)
H 16:30 - 17:00 SG, Michael Layde (LH)
i l 17:00 - 17:30 Meeting with Fintan Slye, CEO, & Michael Kelly,
Eirgrid (LH)

24 October

25 October

H 09:00 -10:30 Travel to Luxembourg via London City Airport

I l 07:30 - 09:00 Meeting of the EPP Environment Ministers (Sofitel,
Kirchberg )

H 11:00 -12:30 Meeting with Siemens at The Crystal, London
SI 15:00 -17:15 Flight from LCY to Lux

U 09:00 -10:00 Briefing with DPR Tom Hanney

HI 19:00 - 20:00 EU Presidency briefing on Internationa! Climate
Policy with Dave Walsh (Luxembourg)

H 10:00 -17:00 Environment Council (Luxembourg)
§ 17:00 -17:15 Ms Monique Meche, ArcelorMittal (Lux Airport)

S! 20:00 - 20:30 Bilateral with Minister Environment Sweden

26 October

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30 October
H 09:00 -10:00 Launch of Failte Ireland funding for Kilkenny (Parade
Tower)
H 12:30 -13:00 Briefing for meeting with C m r Hedegaard (CH)
H 13:00 -14:30 Meeting with Cmr, Hedegaard (CH)
H 14:30 -15:00 Michael Layde, Philip Nugent, Sean McKeown re
A BP(C H )
Ml 15:00 -15:30 Michael Layde, Aidan O Connor, Marion Kiernan re
Pyrite (CH)
H 15:30 -16:00 Estimates - Maurice, Sec Gen and Mary Moylan (CH)
H 16:00 -16:15 Diary with David (CH)
H 16:30 -16:45 Interview with Joe DiPiero, University of Notre
Dame (CH)

31 October

01 November

1! 11:30 -13:15 NSMC Sectoral - Environment (Armagh)

M 08:30 - 10:00

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10:00 - 10:15

i i 16:00 -16:15 Sean McKeown (CH)

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6316:15 -16:30 Eddie (CH)

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Hi 16:30 - 17:00 Des Dowling, Donal Enright, Sean McKeown re
CEBs/LEOs (CH)

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02 November

03 November

1116:00 -17:00 Opening of extension to Glanbia plant in Ballyragget
iffi 19:30 - 21:00 Launch of Enterprise Initiative (Piltown Community
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S310:15 -13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) ^

i i 10:45 - 11:00 Briefing for Cab Com m, (LH)

□ 14:00 - 14:30 Eddie (LH)

SU11:00 -12:15 Cabinet Committee on Economic Recovery and Jobs
(Sycamore Room)

H 14:30 -15:00 Photocall - The City Bin Co. (Merrion S q )

M 13:45 -14:15 Eddie (LH)

£317:30 -18:00 Debrief with Sec Gen [by phone] (LH) ^

H 14:15 -14:30 Briefing for Cab,, Comm (LH)

£319:30 - 21:30 Regional TidyTowns Awards event (The Rustic Inn,
Abbeyshrule, Co Longford)

IH 14:30 -16:00 Cabinet Committee on Climate Change and the
Green Economy (Sycamore Room)

H 15:00 -16:30 Presidency briefing - 7th EAP (LH)

1116:15 -16:30 Briefing for Cab Comm , (LH)
S 16:30 -18:00 Cabinet Ctte on Mortgage Arrears (Sycamore Room)
H 17:45 - 18:00 Briefing for Cab, Comm, (LH)
H 18:00 - 19:30 Cabinet Committee on Irish and the Gaeltacht
(Sycamore Room)

07 November

08 November

Hi 08:30 - 09:00 Minister O Dowd (LH)

H 09:00 - 20:00 Rome

H 09:00 -10:00 EU Presidency Briefing on Waste Policy with Ronan
Mulhall (LH)
0 10:30 - 12:00 SG, Des Dowling (LH)
1115:30 - 16:00 Gerry Kearney (LH)
H 16:00 -16:30 Vintners (Buswells Hotel)
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13 November

H 09:00 -10:00 Joe Crockett & Dir of Services (Kilkenny)

H 08:30 - 09:00 Paul Carttar [recently retired as CEO of Social
Innovation Fund in America] + Forum on in Philanthropy members
(LH)

i l 13:30 - 15:30 DR Congo Env Minister and Delegation (CH)
HI 16:00 -17:00 Briefing for Estimates meeting with JOC (CH)
HI 17:15 -17:45 Briefing for meeting with JOC on Pyrite (CH)
fU 17:45 -18:15 Briefing with John O'Neill (CH)

H 09:00 -10:15 FG Ministers meeting (LH)
SU 10:15 -13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)
H 14:15 -15:45 Attend the Select Committee Environment re 2013
Estimates
H 15:45 - 16:45 JOC re Pyrite

H 16:45 - 17:00 Briefing with Colm Lavery (LH)
1117:00 - 17:30 Galway City Council re Rates on Vacant Premises (LH)
M 17:30 - 18:00 Dick Spring & Avril Doyle (LH)
l i 18:00 - 18:30 Debrief with Sec Gen [by phone] (LH)

14 November

15 November

l i 09:00 -10:00 EU Presidency Briefing on Intl.. Environmental Issues
with Pat Macken (LH)

H 10:30 - 11:00 Leaders Questions (Dail Chamber)

§ 10:30 -11:00 Leaders Questions (Dail Chamber)

SU12:15 -14:30

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during the presidency (Government Buildings)

£ 11:15 -11:30 Briefing for meeting with Minister HowEin (LH)
H 12:30 - 12:45 Diary with David (LH)
H 13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Meeting with Danny McCoy, DG IBEC
i l 14:30 -15:30 Bilateral with Minister Howlin (DPER Merrion S t}
3 1 6 :0 0 -17:00 Rita McNulty & Aidan O Reilly re Alignment
Implementation (LH)
@ 18:00 -19:30 Dublin Regional TidyTowns Awards (Discover Ireland
Centre, Suffolk Street)

16 November

17 November

1113:00 - 13:30 Pre-Budget Photo Op with Kilkenny Arts (Kilkenny
Castle)
l i 19:00 - 20:00 Presentation of Certificates (Fr McGrath Centre,
Kilkenny)

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H! 10:00 -10:30 Commission to Investigate the Economic
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H 11:00 -11:30 Briefing for meeting with Cmr Potocnik (CH)

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H 11:30 - 12:30 Meeting with Cmr Potocnik [11,40] (CH)

H 14:30 - 15:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (CH) t?

SI 14:30 -16:00 Minister to attend and address the Oireachtas
Committee on Jobs (Springhill Court Hotel Kilkenny)

H 15:00 -16:00 Minister to record speech to the National Waste
Summit.. (CH)

@09:00 - 10:15 FG Ministers meeting (LH) *-

@ 16:00 - 16:30 Des Dowling, Colm Lavery, Sean McKeown (CH)
H 18:30 - 19:30 Dail - Electoral (Amendment)(DaiI Constituencies)
Bill {LH)

21 November

22 November

U 15:30 - 15:45 Eddie (LH)

^ 08:00 -17:00 Madrid

H 16:15 -16:45 Sean McKeown {LH)

23 November

24 November

1108:00 -17:00 Warsaw

H 19:00 - 23:00 Kilkenny Business Awards (Lyrath Hotel)

25 November

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26 November
EH10:00 - 11:00 Turning of sod for hospital extension

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Road, Kilkenny)

H 14:00 - 14:30 Official Opening of Grange Bridge

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Kilkenny)

H 09:00 - 10:15 FG Ministers meeting (LH)
H 10:15 - 13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) ^
□ 14:30 - 15:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH) *
H 15:30 - 16:30 Attend with the Taoiseach for Taoiseach 's PQs (LH)
H 16:30 - 16:45 Briefing for meeting with Minister Creighton (LH)
HI 16:45 - 17:15 Minister Creighton re Rathmines and Pembroke
Drainage Area Plan (LH)

1118:00 - 19:30

Dail

- Electoral

(Amendment)(Dail Constituencies)

Bill (LH)

29 November

28 November
H 09:30 - 10:00 Interview with Chambers Ireland

re LG Reform [by

phone] (LH)
1110:30 - 11:00 Leaders Questions (Dail Chamber)

H 11:15 - 11:45 Sean McKeown (LH)
i l 12:00 - 12:15 Diary with David (LH)
M 12:15 - 12:30 Eddie (LH)
1114:15 - 16:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)
HI 16:30 - 17:00 Briefing for meeting with EPP (LH)
US17:00 - 17:45 Meeting with EPP Group from the European
Parliament (Room 308, Govt Buildings )
H 19:00 - 19:30 Dail ~ Electoral (Amendment)(Dail Constituencies)

fil 08:00 - 09:30 Govt Meeting
H 09:30 - 10:00 Briefing on Keeping Communities Safe & CAMP (LH)
H 10:15 - 10:30 Photo-call for launch of Green Hospitality Hotel
Resource Efficiency Guide (Merrion Hotel)

1110:30 - 11:00 Leaders Questions (Dail Chamber)
HI 12:15 - 14:00 Government Meeting (Council Chamber)
H 17:00 - 18:00 Tourism Funding Launch (Kilkenny)
HI 19:30 - 21:00 European Parliament Conference of Presidents
Dinner {Dublin Castle)

Bill (LH)

30 November

01 December
M 15:00 - 15:30 Yvonne
M 15:30 - 16:00 Eddie
1116:00 - 17:30 Briefing with officials on CoP negotiations
H 18:30 - 20:00 Reception hosted by Amb Madden for Irish
delegation and reps from business/expat, community
(Intercontinental H o tel )

02 December
IS 10:00 - 13:45 Visit to

RasGas [Tom McHale, Group Finance

Director] (Ras Laffan)

H 14:45 - 16:30 Museum of Islamic Art [ Mercury Engineering

did

MEP works]

H 18:30 - 19:00 Eddie
Hi 19:15 - 22:30 Dinner/meeting with Irish companies based in Qatar

 09 December 2012
03 December
H 10:00 -10:30 Briefing with Samir Mirdad, CEO Linx Investments
(Kempinski Hotel)

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04 December
M 08:30 -10:00 EU Coordination (EU Pavilion, QNCC) *
  SI 10:00 -10:30 Bilateral with Slovakia re IE Presidency (QNCC)

H 10:30 -10:45 Briefing with Saiah A! Saadi, Business Director, Fulad   1] 10:30 - 10:45 Bilateral with Matthias Groote MEP, Chair EP
Trading
Environment Committee (EU Pavilion, QNCC)
EH 11:00 - 12:00 Meeting with Barwa Group CEO Abdulla Abdulaziz
M 11:00 -11:20 CY, IE, Cion; Council - Bilateral with Russian Envoy Al Subaie and Deputy CEO Ahmed Alabduiia (Brawa Office, 7th
H E. Alexander1Bedritsky (Room Pafos, EU Pavilion, QNCC)
Hi 13:00 -14:00 HE Ali Al Abdullah, Director of Planning and Urban
Development

H! 12:15 -12:45 Bilateral with Paul Wheelhouse MSP, Minister for
Environment and Climate Change, Scotland (EU pavilion, QNCC)

0 15:00 - 16:00 Attend negotiations between EU and LDC grouping
[with Cion and EU Pres,] (QNCC EU Pavillion)

1112:45 -13:15 Bilateral with Simon Brooks, Vice President
European Investment Bank (EU Pavillion, QNCC)

3 16:30 - 17:00 Eddie (QNCC)

M 13:30 -14:15 CY, IE, Cion, Council - Bilatral with Climate Action

i ! 17:00 - 18:00 Attend negotiations between EU and AOSIS
grouping [with Cion and EU Pres ] (QNCC)

H 14:30 - 15:00 UNSG Ban Ki Moon + Mins CY,IE,FR,UK +Cmr

H 18:00 - 20:00 EU Ministerial reception hosted by Cmr Hedegaard
and Minister Sofodis Aletraris (QNCC - West Marquee, Level 1)

H 15:00 - 16:30 Opening of the High Level Session (QNCC)
  H 18:00 -19:15 Irish Qatar Business Council (Intercontinental H otel)

HI 19:30 - 22:00 High

Level Dinner for HoDs - hosted by the Qatari

05 December

06 December

H 07:30 - 09:00 Ministerial breakfast meeting hosted by MRFCJ and
Qatari Govt, [Promoting Gender Equality in the UNFCCC] {VIP
Boardroom GCC Pavilion QNCC)

^ 08:30 -10:00 EU Coordination (EU Pavilion, QNCC)

H 08:30 -10:00 EU Coordination (EU Pavilion, QNCC) ^

EH 10:30 -11:00 Bilateral with Belgium re EU Presidency (EU Pavilion,
QNCC)

S 09:45 - 10:00 Bilateral with Finland re IE Presidency (QNCC)
H 11:00 - 13:00 Ministerial Round Table meetings
1! 15:15 - 15:40 Bilateral with H E Abdullah bin Hamad Al-Attiya,
President of the COP [with Cion, EU Pres ] (COP18 Presidency
offices, QNCC)
i l 16:30 - 17:00 Minister to deliver the national statement (QNCC)

0 10:00 - 10:30 Bilatral with Portugal re EU Presidency (EU Pavilion,
QNCC)

11:00 -11:15 Bilateral with CAN Europe re EU Presidency - Wendel
H 11:15 -12:15 Bilateral with Oxfam re EU Presidency (EU Pavilion,
1214:00 -15:00 Bilateral with African group of countries - with Cion
wl 15:15 -15:30 Bilateral with Austria re EU Presidency (EU Pavilion,
US 15:45 - 16:30 Bilateral with the Progressive Latins group [with
M 17:00 -18:00 EU Coordination (EU Pavillion)
H 18:00 -18:30 Bilateral re EU Presidency with John Griffiths AM,

HI 20:00 - 20:30 Bilateral with Denmark re EU Presidency (EU Pavilion)
M 20:30 - 21:00 EU Coordination (EU Pavilion, QNCC)

07 December

08 December

© 08:30 -10:00 EU Coordination (EU Pavilion, QNCC) ^

i l 07:15 - 07:30 Briefing on status of negotiations

Mi 11:30 -12:00 Bilateral with Romania re EU Presidency (EU Pavilion)

H 07:30 - 08:30 Stocktake session (Plenary 2)

1113:30 -14:00 Bilateral re EU Presidency with Belgium (EU Pavilion)

IS 10:00 - 11:30 EU Coordination (EU Pavilion)

§§ 14:00 -15:00 Meeting with the EP delegation (EP meeting room, EU
Pavilion)

H 12:00 - 13:00 EU Coordination (EU Pavilion)
H 15:00 - 17:00 COP/ CMP - closing and adoption of decisions

1116:00 -16:30 Bilateral re EU Presidency with Netherlands (NL
Delegation Room, QNCC)
B 17:00 - 17:30 Bilateral with Hungary re EU Preidency (EU Pavilion )
IS 19:00 - 19:15 Bilateral with Estonia re EU Presidency (EU Pavilion)

09 December

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111 December

ill 17:00 -18:00 Briefing with Maria Graham (CH)

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H 10:15 -13:30 Government Meeting (Council Chamber) ^
H 13:45 -14:15 Briefing for Select Committee (LH)
I I 14:15 -15:00 Attend Select Committee Environment re Supp
Estimate (LH 2000)
M 15:00 - 15:30 Eddie (LH)
§S 15:30 - 16:00 Briefing with Ivan Grimes
H 16:00 - 16:30 Dep Durkan, Dep Stagg and Minister O'Sullivan (LH)
H 16:30 - 17:00 Debrief with Sec Gen - by phone (LH) O
H 17:15 -17:30 Briefing for meeting with NAMA (LH)
M 17:30 - 18:30 Meeting with NAMA (LH)

12 December

13 December

9 09:30 - 10:30 Briefing on new Building Regs (LH)

H 08:30 - 10:00 MinMAC (CH)

§110:30 - 11:00 Leaders Questions (Dail Chamber)
H 13:30 -14:00 Briefing for meeting with IEN (CH)

H 10:30 - 11:30 Presidency Briefing - Fiona Quinn - Env, Policy and
Awareness (LH)

S3 14:00 - 15:30 Meeting with IEN (CH)

M 10:30 - 11:00 Leaders Questions (Dail Chamber)
H 11:30 - 12:30 Presidency Briefing - Damien Allen - Priority
Substances in Water (LH)
I I 14:15 -16:30 JOC Environment re EU Pres and Env Council
§118:00 -19:30 Minister to address the Ireland-US Council (Four
Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge)

14 December

15 December

S 09:00 -10:30 OSF High Level Inter-Departmental meeting (CH)
I ! 17:30 -18:00 Dail - Local Property Tax Bill - Wrap-Up Speech

116 December
! 1107:30 - 15:00 Travel to Brussels for Env Council
j I i 18:00 - 20:00 Attend the Green 10 pre-Env Council event
\ H 20:30 - 21:00 Bilateral with Minister Valentinas Mazuronis of
Lithuania re EU Presidency

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23 December 2012

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18 December

13 08:55 - 09:15 Briefinfg with DPR Tom Hanney (Dei Rooms, JL)

H 10:15 -13:30 Government Meeting {Council Chamber)

H 09:00 - 09:20 Briefing with Council - Director General (SDP 1 5th
floor, JL)

M 14:30 -15:00 Debrief with Sec Gen (LH)

HI 09:20 - 09:40 Briefing with DG ENVI - Commissioner (+ CSG) (SDP
1, 5th floor JL)
H 09:40 - 09:55 Briefing with DG Climate - Commissioner (+CSG)
(SDP 1, 5th floor, JL)

H 15:00 - 15:30 Diary with David (LH)
M 16:00 - 16:30 Sean McKeown (LH)
H 19:00 -19:30 Minister to launch book on gender quotas (European
Parliament offices, Molesworth Street)

ID 10:00 -10:30 Environment Council [10am to 6pm] (Brussels)
H 10:30 -11:00 Bilateral with Czech Republic re Ell Presidency
HI 13:00 -14:30 EU Ministers Working Lunch
H 16:00 - 16:30 Bilateral with Greece re EU Presidency
H 17:30 - 17:45 Presentation of Ireland s priorities for the Presidency

19 December

20 December

H 09:30 -10:30 EPA Advisory Committee (Room 741 LH)

t l 10:30 -11:00 Leaders Questions (Dail Chamber)

£1110:30 -11:00 Leaders Questions (Dail Chamber)
H 16:00 -17:00 Briefing re Alignment process, LCDP Budget and
Resource Allocation Model (LH)

21 December

22 December

S3 09:00 -19:00 Govt Media Roster

M 09:00 - 19:00 Govt Media Roster

B 11:00 -11:30 Michael Layde re Pyrite (CH)

23 December

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