Jerry Cowley (Mayo, Independent)
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Question 255: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Health and Children if Ireland ratified the FCTC by the deadline date of 8 November 2005; if not, the reason therefor; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34408/05]

Seán Power (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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Ireland's instrument of ratification for the World Health Organisation Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, FCTC, was deposited in the United Nations headquarters in New York on 7 November 2005. The FCTC is the first binding international treaty that provides an agreed global approach to tobacco control to protect public health and to reduce deaths from tobacco related illness. The convention, which has been signed by 168 countries and ratified by 110, including Ireland, provides the framework for the introduction of further measures to respond effectively to the health threat of tobacco. At the time when it was being negotiated, Ireland was a strong advocate of an effective convention and has consistently advocated a strong line on tobacco control both nationally and internationally.