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Phil Hogan Gives The Timeline Of His Activity While He Was In Ireland

Tuesday, 25 August 2020 15:03

He met with a midlands Junior Minister on August 12th.

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan's published in detail the timeline of his activity while he was in Ireland.

It's after he was requested to do so by the President of the European Commission.

In the memorandum, he states that to the best of his knowledge and ability he complied with public health regulations during his visit.

On July 31st, he filled in a Passenger Locator Form and travelled to his temporary residence in County Kildare.

He briefly returned after his medical procedures in Dublin on August 6th and after testing negative for Covid 19, and then travelled to Kilkenny.

On August 12th, he met with the Tanaiste Leo Varadkar and Longford / Westmeath Junior Minister Robert Troy and the following day he played golf in Adare County Limerick before returning to Kilkenny.

He confirm he travelled from Kilkenny to Galway via Kildare.

He also states he returned to Kildare to collect his belongings on August 21st and stayed overnight before returning to Brussels.

Commissioner Hogan says that when he was in Kildare he was either moving through the county or momentarily there with a reasonable excuse.

To the best of his knowledge he states he believes he complied with public health regulations during the visit.

Timeline

  • 31 July – I arrived in Ireland, completed the statutory Passenger Locator Form and travelled to my temporary residence in Co. Kildare.
  • 5 August - I was admitted to a Dublin hospital for a medical procedure.
  • While in hospital, I tested negative for Covid-19 (www.citizensinformation.ie confirms that a negative test result ends the self-restriction period).
  • 6 August - I was discharged from hospital and returned briefly to my temporary residence in County Kildare.
  • 7 August – I travelled to Kilkenny before the local lockdown rules came into effect at midnight in Co. Kildare (and neighbouring counties Laois and Offaly).
  • 12 August - I travelled to Dublin from Kilkenny for essential work reasons, which required my attendance at the European Commission office. While in Dublin, I also had separate meetings with the Tánaiste (Deputy Prime Minister) and with Minister Robert Troy, to brief them on events relating to ongoing negotiations with the U.S.
  • 13 August – I played golf in Adare, Co. Limerick and returned to Kilkenny.
  • 17 August – I travelled from Co. Kilkenny to Co. Galway via Co. Kildare. I stopped briefly in Co. Kildare at the property in which I had been staying for the purpose of collecting some personal belongings and essential papers relating to the ongoing negotiations with the USTR, Robert Lighthizer, which continued while I was in Co. Galway. This culminated in an agreement on a package of tariff reductions on 21 August.
  • 18 August – I played golf in Co. Galway, staying in Clifden. (no formal dinner or reception).
  • 19 August – I played golf in Clifden, and subsequently attended a formal dinner for which I have since apologised.
  • 21 August – I returned from Galway to my temporary residence in Co. Kildare to collect my remaining personal belongings, including my passport, and stayed there overnight to catch an early morning flight to my primary residence in Brussels from the nearby airport.
  • 22 August – I returned to Brussels.

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