Nicky McFadden (Longford-Westmeath, Fine Gael)
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Question 202: To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the level of participation and responsibility of each Minister of State in his Department in relation to attendance at Ministerial Councils for which his Department has responsibility since the formation of the Government; and if he will list all such meetings which have taken place and the Minister in attendance at each meeting. [21503/11]

Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North-West Limerick, Fine Gael)
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1The Minister of State at my Department, Mr. Dinny McGinley, T.D., has responsibility for the Gaeltacht and the islands, which includes responsibility for the Irish language.

Minister of State McGinley attended a meeting of the North South Ministerial Council in language sectoral format on 7 July 2011 in Armagh. The meeting was chaired by myself and was also attended by Ms. Carál Ní Chuilín, Minister for Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland, and Mr. Jonathan Bell, Junior Minister at the Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister.

During the period in question, there were no Ministerial Council meetings in an EU context that related to my Department's functional areas.