Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I propose to take Questions Nos. 3 to 12, inclusive, together.

The Economic Management Council, EMC, was established with the status of a Cabinet committee to manage the Government's programme of economic planning, budgetary matters and banking policy. It has four members, namely, the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, the Minister for Finance and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. The council met on three occasions this year. The last meeting took place on 4 March. It has met the banks on three separate occasions. The meetings took place on 9 November 2011, 21 February 2012 and 26 June 2012. Following the adoption of the statement of Government priorities in July 2014, a review of Cabinet committee structures took place and a number of changes were made. However, the Government decided that the EMC should be retained in its current format to continue its work in securing economic recovery.

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