Gino Kenny (Dublin Mid West, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I appreciate that progress is being made. However, the Minister of State cannot say categorically when the convention will be ratified. We could be having the same conversation this time next year. That would be an insult to anybody who has been campaigning on this issue. Will the Minister of State give the people who are listening to us an indication of some sort of timeframe in this regard? Obviously, he cannot give an exact date. Those who have been following this debate for the last eight years are probably getting tired of it. I accept that the Minister of State's bona fides on this issue are genuine, but I emphasise to him that in the interests of giving people confidence in the convention, there is a need to say that Ireland will ratify the convention in January or February.

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