Church-State Relations
Dail Éireann — 2024-01-23
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

Like public representatives generally, I meet church leaders informally from time to time in the course of attending official or public events. The most recent formal meeting between the Office of the Taoiseach and the church leaders took place on 15 April 2021, when the now Tánaiste met the leaders of all the Christian churches, including the Roman Catholic Church, the Church of Ireland, the Presbyterian Church, the Methodist Church and the Irish Council of Churches. I had the opportunity to meet the papal nuncio shortly before Christmas. I understand that discussions at these forums covered the contribution to peace-building and the work churches undertake on an ongoing basis at community level in Northern Ireland in particular.

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Sitting date: 2024-01-23