The government's announced details of the largest St Patrick's Day travel programme since it came to office.
Twenty seven of the government's thirty ministers will be travelling abroad, with many leading trade missions to encourage foreign investment in Ireland.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny will lead the programme, travelling to New York, Boston and Washington D.C.
The programme marks the first time that ministers will have travelled to Vietnam or Mexico, and the first time in four years that any will go to Russia.
Full List:
France - Tánaiste
Canada - Minister Michael Noonan
China - Minister Brendan Howlin
Italy - Minister Richard Bruton
New York - Minister Joan Burton
San Francisco - Minister Jimmy Deenihan
London and Birmingham - Minister Pat Rabbitte
United Arab Emirates - Minister Phil Hogan
Mexico - Minister Alan Shatter
New Zealand and Eastern Australia - Minister Simon Coveney
Japan and Korea - Minister Frances Fitzgerald
Boston and Cleveland - Minister James Reilly
Atlanta and Savannah - Minister Leo Varadkar
Washington DC - Attorney General Máire Whelan SC
Lebanon - Minister of State Paul Kehoe
Scotland - Minister of State Jan O’Sullivan
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia - Minister of State Dinny McGinley
Spain - Minister of State John Perry
Netherlands - Minister of State Michael Ring
Vietnam - Minister of State Kathleen Lynch
Germany - Minister of State Fergus O’Dowd
Chicago and Kansas City - Minister of State Sean Sherlock
Romania - Minister of State Ciaran Cannon
Western Australia - Minister of State Alan Kelly
Russia - Minister of State Alex White
Norway - Minister of State Tom Hayes
Belgium and Luxembourg - Minister of State Paschal Donohoe
