Kathleen Funchion (Carlow-Kilkenny, Sinn Fein)
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571. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the bilateral meetings she has had with her EU counterparts to date in 2022, in tabular form. [59020/22]

Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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As the Deputy will be aware, notwithstanding any extraordinary meetings that may be held from time to time, there are six Justice and Home Affairs Councils scheduled every year. The Minister for Justice regularly engages with counterparts in the margins of these meetings where brief informal discussions may take place in relation to issues of relevance.

In addition to these informal engagements, the table below outlines the details of all scheduled bilateral meetings between Minister McEntee and her EU counterparts to date in 2022.

Finally, the Deputy may also wish to note that, as part of Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of Europe (May to November 2022), Minister McEntee hosted a major Conference of Ministers from all 46 Council of Europe member states in Dublin on 29/30 September. The Conference “No Safe Haven – Integrated Prevention Measures to End Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence” was well attended at Ministerial level and resulted in the adoption of the “Dublin Declaration on the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence”. The Dublin Declaration is expected to have a significant influence on the future work of the Council of Europe in this important policy field.