Patricia Ryan (Kildare South, Sinn Fein)
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288. To ask the Minister for Finance the details of his meeting with a person (details supplied) on 1 July 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28945/20]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will appreciate, both as Minister for Finance and since the 9th July 2020, as President of Eurogroup, I have been in regular contact with other EU Finance Ministers and key figures across the various EU institutions with regard to current issues particularly on the response to the pandemic and macroeconomic developments.

My teleconference meeting with Mr. Klaus Regling on 01 July 2020 was a courtesy call to inform him that I had put my name forward for the position of Eurogroup President. During the call, I outlined my vision for the work of the Eurogroup and the key issues over the two and a half year term of the Eurogroup Presidency.

As the Deputy will be aware, Mr. Regling is the Managing Director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM), the euro area crisis resolution mechanism. Mr. Regling participates in meetings of the Eurogroup in his capacity as Managing Director of the ESM.

The teleconference meeting was one of a series of such meetings during my campaign for the position of Eurogroup President, where I spoke with the many of the euro area Finance Ministers, who make up the membership of the Eurogroup, as well as the representatives of the European institutions that participate in the Eurogroup.