Visit of Tom Hayes, T.D., Minister of State for Food, Forestry, Horticulture and Food Safety
Australia, 8 – 18 March 2015
Saturday 7 March 2015
08:20 – 19:45 Flight: Dublin – Abu Dhabi
22:00 – 13:40 Flight: Abu Dhabi - Perth
Sunday 8 March 2015
Perth
13:40 Arrive Perth
Met by Sarah Mangan, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy Ireland, and Marty Kavanagh, Honorary Consul of Ireland WA
16:30 – 18:00 Meet Irish Community Group Leaders
Irish Club, 61 Townshend Rd, Subiaco
18:00 – 18:30 Media: Lloyd Gorman, Subiaco Post
Interview would take place at the Irish Club in the margins of the meet and greet.
Monday 9 March 2015
Perth
11:30 – 13:30 Visit to Iona Presentation Sisters
33 Palmerston Street, Mosman Park
13:30 – 14:30 Light lunch with Presentation Sisters
14:45 – 16:00 Transfer to Cottesloe Church to visit memorial to Fr Fahy DSO
Tuesday 10 March 2015
Perth - Brisbane
08:30 – 09:30 Breakfast meeting with Irish Welfare Bureau (Claddagh Association)
Duxton Hotel
10:30 – 11:30 Laying of wreath at war memorial King’s Park in memory of Irish man Martin O’Meara, WA’s first recipient of Victoria Cross
Minister to give brief remarks
Media: Fred Rea, The Irish Scene magazine, will take photos and do short interview at the War Memorial
12:00 – 14:00 Enterprise Ireland working lunch
Attendance approx 50 – 60 EI clients and their guests
Matilda Bay, 3 Hackett Drive, Crawley WA 6009
16:25 – 22:55 Flight: PER – BNE QF594 (fly to Brisbane)
Wednesday 11 March 2015
Brisbane - Sydney
10:30 - 11:30 Visit to Welfare Bureau (Irish Australian Support Association Queensland)
Justice Place, 5 Abingdon Street, Wooloongabba
12:00 - 14:00 Enterprise Ireland working Lunch
Attendance approx 40 - 50 EI clients and their guests
Alchemy Restaurant, 175 Eagle Street, Brisbane
16:00 – 18:35 Flight: BNE – SYD VA962 (fly to Sydney)
19:00 – 21:00 Irish community reception at Consulate General
Consulate General of Ireland, Ireland House, Level 26, 1 Market Street
Thursday 12 March 2015
Sydney
09:00 – 09:30 Media: Phone interview with Catherine Cross, Ireland Calling programme
Call from hotel
10:30 – 11:30 Visit to Irish Welfare Bureau, Sydney
2 Wellington Street, Bondi
12:00 – 14:00 Enterprise Ireland working lunch
Approx 160 in attendance, EI clients and their guests
Museum of Contemporary Art, 140 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney
14:00 – 14:30 EI client product launch (Teeling Whiskey)
Photo opportunity for launch of product at major retailer
Museum of Contemporary Art, 140 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney
Friday 13 March 2015
Sydney
08:30 – 09:30 Meet and greet with IDA client
David Walsh (Tipperary born), CIM Environmental
CIM offices, 88 Liverpool Street
10:00 – 10:30 Visit to Famine Memorial, Hyde Park Barracks with Chair and Secretary of Famine Memorial Committee and Niall Blair, co-chair of the NSW Irish Parliamentary Friendship Group
10:30 – 11:30 Meetings with Niall Blair, and Dan Moloney (Advisor to Luke Foley, co-chair of Friendship group and leader of the opposition)
NSW Parliament House
12:00 – 15:00 Lansdowne Club lunch
Irish Business Network annual St Patrick’s Day lunch, approx 250 in attendance
Luna Park, Sydney
16:00 – 17:00 Media: Phone interview with Barry Mack, Irish Radio Sydney
Consulate General of Ireland, Ireland House, Level 26, 1 Market Street
19:00 – 21:00 Tourism Ireland promotion/Greening of AFL match
Greater Western Sydney ‘Giants’ vs Essendon
Match will be ‘greened’
Spotless Stadium, Showground Road, Sydney Olympic Park
Saturday 14 March 2015
Sydney
12:00 – 14:00 Taste of Sydney – meeting with Irish chef Colin Fassnidge
Tourism Ireland promotional opportunity
Centennial Park
Sunday 15 March 2015
Sydney - Adelaide
11:00 – 12:00 City of Sydney Saint Patrick’s Reception
Town Hall
12:00 – 13:00 Saint Patrick’s Day Parade (viewing stand at Town Hall)
Minister to depart from Parade at approx 12:30
13:55 – 15:30 Flight: SYD – ADL QF759 (fly to Adelaide)
16:00 – 19:30 Tourism Ireland promotion/Cricket World Cup Ireland vs Pakistan (play starts 14:00)
Adelaide Oval
Meeting with Tourism industry representatives at Cricket Oval
(Tourism Ireland)
20:35 – 22:25 Flight: ADL – MEL VA246 (fly to Melbourne)
Monday 16 March 2015
Melbourne - Brisbane
10:30 – 11:30 Visit to the Welfare Bureau (Irish Australian Support and Resource Bureau)
440A High Street, Northcote
12:00 – 14:00 Enterprise Ireland working lunch
Approx 140 in attendance, EI clients and their guests
Trilogy Room, Park Hyatt hotel, 1 Parliament Square, Melbourne
16:05 – 17:15 Flight: MEL – BNE QF626 (fly to Brisbane)
19:00 Queensland Irish Association St. Patrick’s Eve dinner (Black Tie)
To be attended by State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk
Tuesday 17 March 2015
Canberra
08:35 – 11:25 Flight: BNE – CBR QF1545 (Fly to Canberra)
12:00 – 12:45 Ecumenical Service for the Feast of St Patrick
Australian Centre for Christianity and Culture, 15 Blackall Street, Barton
14:00 – 14:30 Australian Federal Parliament Question Time
VIP Gallery, House of Representatives, Parliament House
14:45 – 16:15 ANZAC 100 event - Ireland and the ‘Greater War,’ 1912-1923
John Horne, Professor of Modern European History and Director of the Centre for War Studies, Department of History, Trinity College Dublin
Hosted by the ANU Centre for European Studies
Theatrette, Sir Roland Wilson Building, Australian National University
16:45 – 17:30 Last Post Ceremony, Australian War Memorial
Ceremony honouring Irish ANZAC Lieutenant Henry Ellis 17th Battalion, AIF, born in Caledon, County Tyrone in September 1886; died France, April 1917. Part of commemorations for ANZAC 100.
18:30 – 20:30 St Patrick’s Day celebration hosted by the Australia Irish Parliamentary Friendship Group
Parliament House
20:00 ‘Greening’ of Old Parliament House (photo opportunity)
Wednesday 18 March 2015
17:00 – 18:10 Flight: Canberra – Melbourne EY6714
23:40 – 06:45 Flight: Melbourne – Abu Dhabi EY461
Thursday 19 March 2015
09:00 – 13:40 Flight: Abu Dhabi – Dublin EY41