'Those costs will pale into insignificance compared with the benefits. Simon Harris admits the US President’s visit to Ireland involves ‘significant’ cost to the taxpayer.
He met the British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the main political party leaders in Belfast earlier and is expected to arrive into Dublin Airport at around 3pm this afternoon.before taking part in a walkabout in Dundalk.
“There will, of course, be significant costs associated with this. We don’t know them yet; they won’t crystalise yet. “Both the benefit to what I hope is continuing to embed peace onto this island – but also, indeed, the economic benefit, the tourism benefit, the profile benefit that a US presidential visit brings.”
“I want to thank them for doing that and for stepping up, as the Gardaí always do, when our country needs them.”
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