Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 347: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the number of Council of the European Union's meetings that he was entitled to attend in the past three years; the number of Council meetings he attended; the number of same that were attended by officials in his place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19119/10]

Brendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail)
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There have been 42 meetings of the EU Council of Agriculture and Fisheries Ministers in the 3 plus years since January 2007. I, or my predecessor, Tánaiste Mary Coughlan TD, attended all except three of these meetings, in many cases along with the relevant Minister of State. Minister Tony Killeen (then Minister of State for Fisheries and Forestry) represented Ireland in my place at one Council meeting devoted almost entirely to fisheries, and Ireland was represented at official level at two meetings.