Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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106. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Bills relevant to his Department from the previous Dáil that he will reinitiate; the Bills he will introduce in the coming sessions; when he will introduce each Bill; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15200/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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I had not initiated any Bills prior to the dissolution of the last Dáil that require to be re-initiated.

I intend to bring forward two Bills – the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill and the Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill. The purpose of the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict (Hague Convention) Bill is to make provision in Irish law to enable the State to ratify the 1954 Hague Convention on the Protection of Cultural Property in the event of an armed conflict and the 1999 Protocol to the Convention. I hope to be in a position to publish the Bill during this session. The purpose of the Diplomatic Relations (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is to revise various legislative provisions in order to update and improve the operation of our diplomatic relations. I hope to be in a position to submit the draft General Scheme of the Bill to Government by the end of 2016.