I propose to take Questions Nos. 17 and 18 together.
The matters discussed at the meeting were our Presidency priorities as outlined by me in this House on 8/9 December and as set out in detail in the Irish Presidency programme, copies of which are in the Dáil Library. One of these priorities is that of follow-up on the decisions reached at the Strasbourg European Council on the subject of Economic and Monetary Union and this we will actively pursue in the coming months.
The essential purpose of the meeting, which was the first ever such meeting held under an Irish Presidency, was to enable us to plan and co-ordinate our work programmes with those of the Commission, ensure the fullest degree of co-operation and support from the Commission over the six month period and to establish good personal relationships between Ministers and Commissioners. All of these aims were successfully achieved.