Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

There is no further delay. I am not quite sure what the Deputy is talking about. We have agreed as Government to sign the optional protocol and sent the accession documents to New York, which is how it is done. They will be delivered by the Irish representative in the United Nations to the United Nations disability committee and 30 days later the optional protocol will be binding on Ireland - that will be by the end of this year. There is no delay----

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