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158 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Rural Development the meetings, formal and informal, of European Union Councils relevant to his portfolio held since June 1997; the number of such meetings personally attended by him; and where not so attended, the person who led the Irish delegation at such council meetings. [31938/01]
Since June 1997 there have been 56 meetings of the Council of Agriculture Ministers, all of which I have attended in person. The meetings were held on the following dates:
23/25 June 2001
22 July 1997
9 September 1997 (Informal)
22/23 September 1997
20/21 October 1997
17/19 November 1997
15/16 December 1997
20 January 1998
16/17 February 1998
16/17 March 1998
31 March 1998
20/21 April 1998
12 May 1998 (Informal)
25/26 May 1998
22/26 June 1998
20 July 1998
22 September 1998 (Informal)
28 September 1998
19/20 October 1998
23/24 November 1998
14/15 December 1998
18/19 January 1999
22/26 February 1999
5 March 1999
9/11 March 1999
17 May 1999
1 June 1999 (Informal)
14/15 June 1999
19 July 1999
14 September 1999 (Informal)
27 September 1999
15 November 1999
14 December 1999
24 January 2000
20 March 2000
17 April 2000
16 May 2000
30 May 2000 (Informal)
19 June 2000
17 July 2000
5 September (Informal)
23 October 2000
20/21 November 2000
4 December 2000
19 December 2000
29/30 January 2001
26 February 2001
19 March 2001
10 April 2001 (Informal)
24 April 2001
22 May 2001
19 June 2001
23 July 2001
18 September 2001 (Informal)
23 October 2001
20 November 2001
