Sinn Féin spokesperson on Foreign Affairs and Defence John Brady TD is travelling to the United States this week as part of a Joint Committee for Foreign Affairs and Defence (JCFAD) delegation. He will engage in a series of high-level meetings with representatives of the Biden Administration, and the US state department.

Teachta Brady will be visiting Washington and New York, where he will also meet with the members of Irelands Permanent mission to the UN. He will also be visiting an Irish Immigrant Centre and meeting with representative of the Irish emigrant community. 

Speaking before his departure, Teachta Brady said:

“I am traveling to the United States this week for a series of meetings in Washington and New York. I will be using this opportunity to brief members of the US administration and the representatives of the Republican party on developments around the British government’s actions on the Irish Protocol.

“The support for the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) in the US cuts across party lines, and there is zero tolerance for the antics of the British government, who are threatening to tear up an international agreement. The Biden administration has been very strong in their support for the GFA.

“I will also be meeting with representative of the Irish emigrant community and will be raising the issue of the undocumented with the administration.

“During my visit to the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, I will be meeting with the members of the Irish Permanent Mission to the UN. I will also be attending a public session of the UN Security Council, on conflict and food security- an issue I raised with Minister Coveney last week.

“I will also be participating in a debate at UN on the Future Agenda for Global Diaspora Engagement: paving the way to achieving Objective 19 through regularisation and further inclusion, which will focus on the issue of the undocumented Irish emigrants in the US.

“It is my intention to use the opportunity of this visit to brief law makers in the US on the situation in Ireland in respect of the Irish Protocol, and the importance of their continued support. I will also be raising the issue of undocumented Irish emigrants in the US.”