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29 Mr. McDowell asked the Minister for Finance the matters discussed and conclusions reached at his meeting with European Union Finance Ministers during the course of the Gothenburg Summit; if he raised the outcome of the Nice referendum with the Ministers or if it was raised with him by other Ministers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19034/01]
As I have pointed out in respect of the earlier Priority Question on this subject, the agenda for the meeting of Economic and Finance Ministers that I attended on 15 June in Gothenburg consisted of a single item for discussion, namely the formal adoption of the 2001 Broad Economic Policy Guidelines following their political endorsement by the Heads of State and Government at the European Council earlier that day.
Ministers also had a brief discussion under "any other business" on issues arising from current work at the OECD and on the future organisation of work on the question of population ageing.
The outcome of the Nice referendum was not raised by me at the ECOFIN meeting, nor was it raised by other Ministers.
