Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

To save parliamentary time, will the Taoiseach give us a date for the ratification of the United Nations Convention Against Corruption? With the White Paper on development due to be published in September, the ratification was promised some time ago.

I want to ask about two other conventions, which I regularly raise here. On the optional protocol against torture, in view of the fact that human rights groups are meeting to discuss the United Nations convention for the protection of migrant workers and their families, will the Taoiseach indicate whether progress is being made or if the Government is reconsidering its position of not ratifying that last convention?

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