Written answers

Wednesday, 27 October 2010

Department of Foreign Affairs

International Agreements

8:00 pm

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
Link to this: Individually | In context

Question 395: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs further to Parliamentary Question No. 378 of the 12 October 2010, if he will list all treaties into which the State has entered, which have not been laid before the Dáil; the date on which each treaty was signed and ratified by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39260/10]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
Link to this: Individually | In context

As I indicated in my reply to Parliamentary Question 378 of 12 October 2010 I am confident that the vast majority of international agreements which entered into force since 1937 have now been laid before the Dáil but it is possible that a small number of further agreements will be identified and any such agreements will be laid before the Dáil in due course. All historical agreements identified by my Department to date have been laid before the Dáil. I also indicated that the Department now seeks to lay all international agreements before the end of the calendar year following the year in which they enter into force for the State. Thus, in 2011 my Department will arrange for the laying before the Dáil of the international agreements which enter into force for the State in 2010. A provisional list of agreements to be laid before the Dáil in 2011 is set out below, although it cannot be precluded that further agreements will be added to the list by the end of the year. A multilateral agreement may, under its own terms, enter into force internationally when the number of states required by it for that purpose has ratified it. Where Ireland ratifies the agreement subsequently there is then a later date of entry into force.

Title of AgreementDate of SignatureDate of Ratification/Accession /NotificationDate of Entry into Force for IrelandDate of Entry into Force Internationally
Partnership and Cooperation Agreement establishing a partnership between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tajikistan, of the other part11/10/200411/06/200701/01/201001/01/2010
Trade Amendment to the Energy Charter Treatyn/a13/07/200121/01/201021/01/2010
Instrument as contemplated by Article 3(2) of the Agreement on Mutual Legal Assistance between the United States of America and the European Union signed on 25 June 2003, as to the application of the Treaty between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters14/07/200528/10/200901/02/201001/02/2010
Instrument as contemplated by Article 3(2) of the Agreement on Extradition between the United States of America and the European Union signed 25 June 2003 as to the Application of the Treaty on Extradition between Ireland and the United States of America14/07/200528/10/200901/02/201001/02/2010
Amendment to the Convention on the Control and Marking of Articles of Precious Metalsn/a25/07/200527/02/201027/02/2010
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Copyright Treaty19/12/199714/12/200914/03/201006/03/2002
World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) Performances and Phonograms Treaty19/12/199714/12/200914/03/201020/05/2002
Agreement between Ireland, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Spain, the Italian Republic, the Portuguese Republic, the French Republic and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland establishing a Maritime Analysis and Operations Centre – Narcotics30/09/200721/07/200802/04/201002/04/2010
Protocol No. 14 to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, amending the Control System of the Convention13/05/200410/11/200401/06/201001/06/2010
Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on the privileges of US employees assigned to Preclearance duties in Ireland pursuant to the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United States of America on Air Transport Preclearance17/11/200806/07/201006/07/201006/07/2010
Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children, supplementing the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime13/12/200017/06/201017/07/201025/12/2003
Protocol against the Smuggling of Migrants by Land, Sea and Air, supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime13/12/200017/06/201017/07/201028/01/2004
Convention on Cluster Munitions03/12/200803/12/200801/08/201001/08/2010
Council of Europe Convention on Action against Trafficking in Human Beings13/04/200713/07/201001/11/201001/02/2008
Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption19/06/199628/07/201001/11/201001/05/1995
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants22/05/200105/08/201003/11/201017/05/2004

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.