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197 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the venue and location at which the meeting on education, youth and culture scheduled for 26 February 2004 as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union will take place; and the proposed agenda for the meeting. [31619/03]
198 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the venue and location at which the meeting on education, youth and culture scheduled for 27 May 2004 as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union will take place; and the proposed agenda for the meeting. [31620/03]
199 Mr. Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Science the venue and location at which the meeting on education, youth and culture scheduled for 28 May 2004 as part of the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union will take place; and the proposed agenda for the meeting. [31621/03]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 197 to 199, inclusive, together.
The Education Council meetings scheduled for 26 February – education – and 27 to 28 May 2004 – education, youth and culture – will be held in the headquarters of the European Council, the Justus Lipsius building, in Brussels. Discussions on agenda items for both meetings are ongoing at the moment. At the February Council it is likely that the adoption of the joint interim report of the Council and the Commission on the implementation of the detailed work programme on the follow-up of the objectives of education and training systems in Europe will be the main item on the agenda. At the May Council, it is anticipated at this stage that the principal agenda item will be an exchange of views on the new generation of EU education and youth programmes due to commence in 2007.
