Colm Burke (Cork North-Central, Fine Gael)
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327. To ask the Minister for Health the way in which her Department is preparing for the forthcoming EPSCO meetings on 17 October and 3 December 2025; whether the Irish Government has a preparatory role given the forthcoming Irish presidency of the Council of Ministers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54207/25]

Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael)
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The first Informal meeting of Health Ministers under the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU took place in Copenhagen on 15-16 September 2025.

The Department does not have a preparatory role in the organisation of the EPSCO (Health configuration) Council meetings taking place during the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU (July – December 2026).

The North-South, EU & International Unit within the Department coordinates attendance, briefings and preparations to all informal meetings of health ministers and formal EPSCO Health Council meetings, including:

• the recent Informal meeting of Health Ministers under the Danish Presidency of the Council of the EU in Copenhagen on 15-16 September 2025; and
• the upcoming EPSCO (Health) Council meeting on 02 December 2025 in Brussels.