Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [56552/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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While my Department has overall responsibility for Cohesion policy, the issue is handled at the Council of Ministers by the General Affairs Council, which falls within the remit of the Tánaiste & Minister for Foreign Affairs. Nevertheless, I attended a meeting of the General Affairs Council devoted to Cohesion policy on 16 December 2011. I also attended informal meetings of Ministers with responsibility for Cohesion policy on 25 November 2011 and 6 November 2012.