Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has had what has been described as a "regular" meeting with Tim Cook, the CEO of Apple.
The two met in Government Buildings tonight, before Mr Cook travels to Cork tomorrow to open an extension to the Apple facility there.
The company employs almost 6,000 workers in Ireland, but earlier this year it abandoned plans to build a €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway due to planning delays.
This evening's meeting was described by a Government spokesperson as "regular."
"The Taoiseach has regular meetings with CEOs of major companies and significant employers with an Irish presence," they said.
Good meeting with @tim_cook of @Apple this evening at @merrionstreet. He’s on to Cork next to open an extension to the facility there pic.twitter.com/XRBTHzNC2c
— Leo Varadkar (@campaignforleo) June 18, 2018
The Government is appealing a 2016 European Commission ruling that Ireland gave the multinational company unfair tax incentives.
It ordered that the company must pay €13bn in unpaid tax here.
This is set to be lodged in full to an escrow account before the end of the year.
