Micheál Martin’s visit is part of preparations for Ireland taking up the presidency of the EU Council in July.

Simon Harris met Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris.

The meeting at the Élysée Palace comes ahead of the appointment of a new European Commission and the term of the new European Parliament.

‘I don’t think I’d be even on the shortlist, even if I wanted to be,’ the Taoiseach said