Michael Noonan (Limerick City, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

There will be no discussion of Ireland's exit at ECOFIN. Of course, there are two meetings. Tomorrow sees the Eurogroup meeting. It is in the context of the Eurogroup that country-specific issues like that would be discussed. There is a standard item where there is a review of countries in programmes of one sort or another. In the normal run through of agenda items, in discussions on the state of play in Greece, Portugal, Spain and Ireland, there is an opportunity for me to give the information about Ireland and for a very short discussion. I always speak to colleagues on the margins. On this occasion, because of the imminence of the Irish exit, I will be speaking to many people on the margins, particularly those I have not met in my round of talks over the past couple of weeks.