Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

On a point of order, this matter has previously been raised on the Order of Business and it has been promised from the Government benches that the United Nations Convention against Corruption would be signed shortly. It has also been suggested that making human rights legislation North and South coterminous with each other would be done in the lifetime of the Government. It is not true to say there is no promised legislation. There is both promised legislation and an obligation——

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