Two of Kerry’s TDs will be travelling abroad as part of the government’s St Patrick’s Day programme this year.
Minister for Children, Disability and Equality Norma Foley will travel to Italy and the Holy See.
Minister of State in the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Healy-Rae, will be travelling to the Baltic states.
The Independent Minister of State, with responsibility for forestry, farm safety, and horticulture, will visit Finland, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
The government says that this year’s St Patrick’s Day programme will place a stronger emphasis on trade and investment, and will include preparations for Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union later this year.