Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

Given that it is the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and to save time on the Order of Business in future, will the Taoiseach arrange for the publication of all conventions or international instruments in the human rights area which are signed by Ireland but not ratified? Where there are proposed instruments such as in the area of disability or otherwise, will the Taoiseach undertake to indicate the intention of the Government by way of signature and ratification? Does he agree there is value in encouraging the placing of human rights as a core in the education system and in the administrative system of the State, which has not been penetrated by any culture of human rights?

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