Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 170: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has been in contact with any of the other European leaders recently regarding the EU Fiscal Compact treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22695/12]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 171: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met the Irish Farmers Association and Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association recently in relation to the Fiscal treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22701/12]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met the social partners in the context of the EU Fiscal Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21529/12]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 176: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will outline his plan to inform persons about the EU Fiscal Treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20013/12]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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Question 177: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has attended any meetings on the forthcoming referendum on the EU Fiscal treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19785/12]

Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 170 to 172, inclusive, 176 and 177 together.

I can confirm that I have met representatives and leaders of many of the social partners in the context of the Stability Treaty and the current referendum campaign. These have included representatives of the farming community as well as trade unions, business groups, women's groups and others. Both before and after the announcement of the date of the referendum on 27 March, I have participated in an extensive number of meetings related to the Stability Treaty. The Treaty and the referendum have also arisen in discussions I have had during meetings I have attended abroad in my capacity as Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade.

The purpose of the government information campaign is to explain and inform the Stability Treaty. This week, delivery to all homes in Ireland of the government's second information leaflet on the Stability Treaty got underway. This complements the central element of the information, the distribution of the full Treaty text and short explanatory material; delivery of this concluded last week. Information material is also available online at www.stabilitytreaty.ie and is regularly added to and updated based on questions raised by the public. The public is being made aware of this through targeted advertising in the print, broadcast and online media and through use of social networking.