Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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Question 489: To ask the Minister for Defence the date for each year since 2000 of pre-budget meetings held with the Department of Finance and the Department of the Taoiseach; the attendees at such meetings; if an agenda was circulated in advance; if minutes of such a meeting were kept; if not the reason for same; if officials were directed not to keep minutes of such meetings; if so, by whom and the date of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter [17560/08]

Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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Since 2000, apart from routine meetings in relation to the Estimates for my Department, no pre-budget meetings were held between my Department and the Department of Finance and the Department of An Taoiseach.