Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Independent) | Oireachtas source

The Tánaiste has answered much of what I would have asked in a supplementary question.

It is useful to have a list. Could the list be made available on the website of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade? There is an issue of transparency regarding why an agreement would be signed but not ratified and what the delay might be. There may be a good reason that an agreement is not ratified.

The convention on human rights and biomedicine, for example, was declared open for signature in 1997. Not only did we not ratify it, a number of other countries did not do so either. I am curious as to why we did not go one stage further. It is something people would find useful to know. I am seeking a way to make that information available on an ongoing basis so that we do not have to scratch around for each individual agreement but have a comprehensive list and the reason each agreement is not signed or ratified.

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