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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 29 Jun 1994

Vol. 444 No. 6

Written Answers. - Council of Transport Ministers.

John Bruton

Ceist:

170 Mr. J. Bruton asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the reason Ireland was not represented at Ministerial level at the most recent EU Council of Transport Ministers.

As Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications, I am a member of three EU Councils of Ministers and it is my policy to attend all councils unless there is a particularly pressing reason which would prevent attendance. There has been a total of 16 council meetings dealing with the three areas of my portfolio since I took up my present Cabinet responsibilities and I have attended ten of these councils. The Minister of State, as my Deputy, has attended on four occasions and on two occasions, when pressure of other commitments prevented both myself and the Minister of State from attending, the Secretary of my Department represented me.

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