Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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343. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department is taking the lead, on behalf of the Government, in responding to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in respect of its decision on a case (details supplied); the progress that has been made in offering remedies as instructed by the United Nations Human Rights Committee in respect of the case; if he has advanced contacts with the legal representatives of a person (details supplied), including any correspondence with same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29410/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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344. To ask the Minister for Health if he has any role in responding to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in respect of its decision on a person (details supplied); if so, the role he has played in advancing a response to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29413/16]

Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour)
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386. To ask the Minister for Health to clarify his role in responding to the United Nations Human Rights Committee in respect of its decision on a case (details supplied); if he has advanced engagement with the Attorney General and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in respect of the decision since last reporting to Dáil Éireann in July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29411/16]

Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (Offaly, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 343, 344 and 386 together.

The Department of Health in collaboration with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Office of the Attorney General is considering the views of the United Nations Human Rights Committee and will inform the Committee and the named individual's representatives of the State's response within the required timeframe.

While the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade acts as the Agent for the Government in relation to complaints made to the United Nations Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Department of Health is the lead department in relation to this case.