Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

In the Twenty-Ninth Dáil I asked on several occasions about the ratification of the European convention on migrant workers and their families. Towards the end of the last session I got the impression the Government had decided not to ratify it. In anticipation of the forthcoming EU treaty referendum, is it the Government's policy to ratify the convention and, if so, when?

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