Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality 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 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. [56551/12]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The relevant Council is the Justice and Home Affairs Council. From 9 March 2011 to date, there have been 14 meetings of this Council. This includes three informal meetings of Ministers of Justice and Home Affairs. I have attended 13 of the 14 meetings and my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, attended an extraordinary meeting of the Council in May 2011. Officials also attend meetings of the Justice and Home Affairs Council. The information requested by the Deputy is provided in the following table:

*indicates an informal meeting of the Council of Ministers.