Seán Sherlock (Cork East, Labour)
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58. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the engagement he has had with his counterparts in the UK Government, the Scottish Government and the Welsh Government about security and justice issues in the past six months. [29410/18]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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In 2018,  while there was no direct engagement with members of the Scottish or Welsh Executive,  I have had a number of interactions with my counterparts in the UK Government. 

This included a bilateral with the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice  in the margins of the informal JHA Council in Sofia along with a phone conversation with him in March of this year.  In addition, there was both written and phone communications with the current Home Secretary, Sajid Javid  and the previous Home Secretary, Amber Rudd.

I can inform the Deputy that such interactions form a part of the regular engagement my Department has with our counterparts in the UK to support ongoing cooperation on these important issues.