Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 718: To ask the Minister for Health the formations of the EU Councils of Ministers on which he sits; the number of meetings of that council held from 9 March 2011 to date in 2012; the number of those meetings he has attended; the number attended by a Minister of State; the number attended by an Irish official; and if he will provide the names of those who attended in tabular form [19997/12]

James Reilly (Dublin North, Fine Gael)
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These Councils are normally held twice a year over two days, with health items being dealt with on one of these days. Since March 2011, the EPSCO Council met on two occasions i.e June and December 2011. I attended one of those meetings and the Irish Deputy Permanent Representative attended the other meeting as Head of the Irish Delegation.

The attendance information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below:-