Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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Question 261: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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. [19993/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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The Council formation in which I participate is the Education, Youth, Culture & Sport (EYCS) Council. Since 9th March 2011, three meetings of EU Ministers with responsibility for Education have been held under this this Council formation. I attended two of these Council meetings and my colleague Minister of State Ciaran Cannon attended one. The names of those that attended each of the three Council meetings are below:

20th May 2011, Education Council, Brussels. Attendees from Dublin - Minister Ruairi Quinn TD, Mr Seamus McLoughlin, Principal Officer. Attendees from Brussels - Ambassador Geraldine Byrne-Nason, Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Ms Joanne Tobin, Education Attaché, Mr Brían O'Meara, Administrative Officer.

28th November 2011, Education Council, Brussels. Attendees from Dublin - Minister of State Ciaran Cannon TD, Mr Seamus McLoughlin, Principal Officer, Mr Paul Gordon, Intern. Attendees from Brussels - Ambassador Tom Hanney, Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Ms Julie Anderson, Education Attaché.

10th February 2012, Education Council, Brussels. Attendees from Dublin - Minister Ruairi Quinn, Mr Neil Ward, Ministerial Advisor, Mr Seamus McLoughlin, Principal Officer, Mr Keith Moynes, Assistant Principal Officer, Mr Brían O'Meara, Administrative Officer. Attendees from Brussels - Ambassador Tom Hanney, Deputy Permanent Representative to the EU, Ms Julie Anderson, Education Attaché.