THE FULL LIST of where Government ministers will travel to for St Patrick’s Day has been released.

It is tradition for ministers and ministers of state to travel to different places around the world to mark St Patrick’s Day.

Tánaiste Simon Harris brought the plan to Cabinet today outlining the almost 40 locations where ministers will travel to next month.

The Journal exclusively reported last month that the government would be increasing the number of senior ministers going stateside in a bid to prevent any dramatic policy decisions from being taken by the new Trump administration which would adversely impact Ireland’s economy. 

The Taoiseach, Tanaiste and eight ministers will travel to the United States for extensive high-level engagement, where they will be expected to emphasise the mutually beneficial Ireland – US economic relationship valued at over one trillion Euro per annum.

The trips will cover more than 90 cities in 40 countries.

So, here’s the full list of where the Taoiseach and our ministers are going for St Patrick’s Day:

• Taoiseach Micheál Martin: Texas and Washington DC
• Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Trade; Minister for Defence Simon Harris: Philadelphia and New York
• Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe: Germany
• Minister for Public Expenditure Jack Chambers: Chile and Argentina
• Minister for Climate Darragh O’Brien: Miami and Los Angeles
• Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley: London
• Minister for Education Helen McEntee: Australia
• Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment Peter Burke: Boston and New Hampshire
• Minister for Social Protection Dara Calleary: Atlanta and Savannah
• Minister for Arts, Media, Communications, Culture and Sport Patrick O’Donovan: Seattle and San Francisco
• Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll McNeill: UN CSW, New York and Chicago
• Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Jim O’Callaghan: Malta and Italy
• Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage James Browne: China
• Minister for Further and Higher Education James Lawless: India
• Attorney General Rossa Fanning SC: Michigan and Montana
• Government Chief Whip Mary Butler: Denmark and Sweden
• Minister of State for Disability Hildegarde Naughton: Japan
• Minister of State for Food Promotion Noel Grealish: Vietnam and Cambodia
• Minister of State for International and Road Transport, Logistics Sean Canney: Brazil
• Minister of State for European Affairs and at the Department of Defence Thomas Byrne: France
• Minister of State for Sport and Postal Policy Charlie McConalogue: Colombia
• Minister of State for the Office of Public Work Kevin Boxer Moran: Portugal
• Minister of State for Public Procurement, Digitalisation and eGovernment Emer Higgins: Western Australia
• Minister of State for Public Health, Well Being and the National Drugs Strategy Jennifer Murnane: Czechia
• Minister of State for International Development and Diaspora Neale Richmond: Kenya and Tanzania
• Minister of State special responsibility for Rural Transport Jerry Buttimer: New Zealand
• Minister of State for Local Government and Planning John Cummins: Thailand and the Philippines
• Minister of State for Nature, Heritage and Biodiversity Christopher O’Sullivan: Norway & Poland
• Minister of State with special responsibility for Housing Kieran O’Donnell: Cardiff and Manchester
• Minister of State for Financial Services, Credit Unions and Insurance Robert Troy: Greece and Cyprus
• Minister of State with special responsibility for International Law Niall Collins: Mexico
• Minister of State for Trade Promotion, Artificial Intelligence and Digital Transformation Niamh Smyth: Finland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania
• Minister of State for Small Businesses and Retail Alan Dillon: Vancouver and Utah
• Minister of State for Fisheries Timmy Dooley: Canada
• Minister of State with special responsibility for Migration Colm Brophy: Spain
• Minister of State with special responsibility for Further Education, Apprenticeship, Construction and Climate Skills Marian Harkin: Netherlands and Belgium
• Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy: Switzerland
• Cathaoirleach Seanad (TBC): Edinburgh

In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs said the trips will emphasise Ireland’s “attractiveness as a small, open trading economy” that has a “willingness to build partnerships”.

“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.”