Denis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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304. To ask the Minister for Health the number of formal and informal Council of the European Union meetings that have been held since 27 June 2020 under the remit of his Department; and the number of formal and informal meetings, respectively, held virtually. [10818/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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Since 27 June 2020, six meetings of Health Ministers have been organised by the Presidency of the Council of the European Union within the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (EPSCO) configuration. This includes a VC to replace the formal EPSCO Council meeting (2 December 2020), an informal EPSCO Council meeting (16 July 2020), and four informal meetings of Health Ministers (4 September 2020, 2 October 2020, 30 October 2020, and 13 January 2021). All six meetings were held virtually and were attended by Ireland at ministerial level.