Seán Crowe (Dublin South West, Sinn Fein)
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162. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his plans to publish the national action plan on business and human rights. [28806/16]

Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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On the occasion of Human Rights Day, 10 December 2015, I was pleased to publish the Working Outline of the National Plan on Business and Human Rights, which was the result of extensive consultation and engagement by officials from my Department with other Government Departments, representatives of civil society, academics and the business community. The Working Outline provided a basis for further consultations on the development of the National Plan.

During the first quarter of 2016 my Department hosted consultations on the Working Outline of Ireland’s National Plan and also issued an invitation for written submissions on the Working Outline. The outline plan and the written submissions are available on my Department’s website.

The input received through these discussions and the submissions is being reviewed with a view to producing a National Plan within the first quarter of 2017.