Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 373: To ask the Minister for Transport the number of management board meetings within his Department held since 2000 to date in 2007; the number of these meetings that were informal; the persons who attended the informal management board meeting held on 13 June 2007; the notice given of this meeting; the agenda discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34102/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The Department was established in 2002 and records show that 168 formal management board meetings have been held since then. It is not possible to say precisely how many informal management board meetings have taken place in the same period, as many of these meetings were of a very short duration for consultation or coordination purposes only and, being informal, required no formal record to be prepared.

The informal meeting on 13 June 2007 was attended by the Secretary General, Assistant Secretaries Mangan, Murphy, Cullen and Mullen and Principal Officer, M. Nic Lochlainn. This informal meeting on 13 June 2007 was convened at short notice to facilitate the completion of the written brief for the new Minister and to consider any outstanding operational matters pertinent to the change of Minister.