Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern told the Dail this week that was true.
President Clinton is to meet Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern and Irish President Mary McAleese when he travels to Dublin on the first day of his visit.
Meanwhile, Downing Street said the prime minister had a meeting with the Irish Taoiseach Brian Cowan at 1515 BST but would try to watch the second half.
Jeffrey Donaldson MP will travel to London with the Ulster Unionist Party delegation to meet the UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and the Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.
Others at the summit included Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, the Irish Taoiseach, or prime minister, Brian Cowen, Wales' deputy first minister Ieuan Wyn Jones, Welsh secretary Paul Murphy - who is representing the UK government - and Northern Ireland deputy first minister Martin McGuinness.
Mr Obama also met the Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach) Enda Kenny at a St Patrick's Day lunch.
In 1965, he was the first to invite an Irish prime minister (Taoiseach), Sean Lemass, to Stormont.
"The kidnap ordeal of Belfast man, Stephen McFaul, has ended, " said the taoiseach, or Irish prime minister, Enda Kenny.
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As the Taoiseach indicated, the Irish government punches above its weight on a whole host of critical issues.
During his last visit, the Taoiseach mentioned that the Irish Diaspora is some 70 million strong -- which is obviously impressive for a small island.
Women from the Magdalene Survivors Together group have said they are confident they will receive an apology from the prime minister (taoiseach) of the Irish Republic.
On Wednesday, Taoiseach Enda Kenny told the Irish Republic's lower parliamentary chamber, the Dail, that Mr Halappanavar had said that he did not want anyone from University Hospital Galway taking part in the inquiry, and that was no longer the case.
Irish government files relating to allegations that a former taoiseach was involved in a plot to smuggle arms to Northern Ireland in 1969 have been found.
The Taoiseach also made it clear that the Irish government supported talks chairman former United States Senator George Mitchell's view that there was now a basis for the decommissioning of terrorist arms.
This was attended by the President, Mrs McAleese, the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern and most of the Irish Cabinet.
During his last five years in government as Taoiseach, he has overseen the revival of the Irish economy.
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