Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

When will Ireland ratify the United Nations Convention against Corruption, which, having achieved the appropriate number of ratifications, will come into effect on 15 December? Does the Government intend to ratify the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families? Ireland has ratified neither. Only two European countries, Hungary and France, have ratified the former and no other country from the G8 has done so. On the latter while we are discussing partial protection for migrant workers, we have not ratified the main United Nations instrument. Does the Government intend to proceed with ratification shortly in this session or even in the lifetime of this Dáil?

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