Michael D Higgins (Galway West, Labour)

It was a year ago, on 6 February 2008, that I last asked about this issue and I welcome the fact progress is being made. However, in the February 2008 reply, the Minister said there were some legal and administrative issues that arose with his colleague, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. Can I take it that, with the passing of the legislation to which the Minister has just referred, we will within the current Dáil session ratify this convention?

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