Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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96. To ask the Taoiseach if he had bilateral meetings when attending the November EU Council meeting; and the issues that were discussed. [49142/18]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I attended the special meeting of the European Council on Sunday, 25 November in Brussels. I had no formal bilateral meetings at this Summit. 

However I had the opportunity to engage informally with my EU counterparts in the margins of the Summit. 

The focus of our exchanges was on Brexit, where I took the opportunity to thank them for their solidarity in relation to our concerns and the need to ensure a legally operable backstop in the Withdrawal Agreement.