Patrick O'Donovan (Limerick, Fine Gael)
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Question 504: To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the EU Council of Ministers on which he sits; the number of meetings of that Council that have been held between 2007 and 2011; the number of those meetings that he attended; the number that were attended by the relevant Minister of State; the number that were attended by an Irish official; and if he will provide the names of those who attended in tabular form. [5472/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The relevant Council is the Justice and Home Affairs Council. Between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2011 there were a total of forty-two meetings of this Council including ten "informal" meetings of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs. The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table.

* indicates an Informal meeting of the Council of Ministers.

Officials also attend meetings of the Justice and Home Affairs Council.