Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Independent)
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293. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 301 and 302 of 16 December 2014, the number of meetings between the Minister or Minister of State and the MAC for the years 2011 to 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2459/15]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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Ministerial MAC meetings happen periodically in my Department and are attended by both myself and Minister(s) of State. There have been 5 such meetings in my Department during the years 2011 to 2014. I am in regular contact with individual members of the MAC, and meet with the Secretary General and/or Assistant Secretaries General on a weekly basis. MAC meetings take place in my Department on a fortnightly basis and are always attended by one of my advisors. The Ministers of State in my Department are also in regular contact with the appropriate member of the MAC in his/her particular area of responsibility.