Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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145. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made representations to have Ireland adopt the United Nations Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48488/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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This is a matter in the first instance for my colleague the Minister for Justice and Equality who has lead responsibility for progressing Ireland's ratification of the United Nations Convention on Rights of People with Disabilities.

As the Deputy may be aware, Ireland signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2007 and since then, successive Governments have emphasised Ireland’s strong commitment to proceed to ratification as quickly as possible, taking into account the need to ensure all necessary legislative and administrative requirements under the Convention are met.

This Government is committed to ratification of the Convention. Considerable progress has already been made to overcome the remaining legislative barriers to Ireland's ratification of the Convention. While this work is being led by Department of Justice and Equality, other Departments, including my Department, are providing relevant input to the process, as and when required.