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Justice Minister Alan Shatter is pictured at a press conference to announce the agenda for the  Informal meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs Ministers which will take place the 17th and 18th January.

Discussions during the Informal will focus on Ireland's key priorities, including Data Protection, Insolvency Law, Seizure of Criminal Assets, and a European Missing Persons Day. It will also consider the plight of the refugees arising from the Syrian conflict as well as concerted EU action that can be taken to counter hate crime and intolerance, including racism, homophobic attacks and anti-Semitism.