Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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Question 546: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government when Ireland will sign and ratify the European Convention for the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18555/07]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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The Council of Europe Convention on the Participation of Foreigners in Public Life at local level has to date been signed and ratified by eight of the forty seven member states, and signed by a further four. The issues involved in relation to Ireland's signature and ratification of the Convention will be examined and some preliminary contact in this regard has already been made by my Department with relevant interests.