Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

On 2 October 1958, Ireland signed four conventions dealing with the Law of the Sea. Is it intended to ratify any of these conventions, including the conventions on the continental shelf, living resources of the high seas, the territorial sea and the contiguous zone? As these were all signed on the same day, 2 October 1958, will it require an historic decision to ratify any one or all of them? Does the Minister expect this to happen in our lifetime?

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