Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 155: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if recommendation 1117 (1989) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has been implemented; if not, the steps which are being taken to implement it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19267/05]

Mary Harney (Dublin Mid West, Progressive Democrats)
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The Minister for Foreign Affairs may also have a contribution to make on this matter.

I understand that recommendation 1117 (1989) of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe was made to the Committee of Ministers and not to the member states. I understand also that the Committee of Ministers did not adopt the recommendation directly, but did consider it important that member states keep the need for appropriate legal measures under review. The Committee of Ministers also noted with satisfaction that the European Committee on Legal Co-operation has referred this matter to the Committee of Experts on Family Law to allow for the substantive issue to be studied in detail.