Jim O'Keeffe
Question:97 Mr. J. O'Keeffe asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the reason Ireland has neither ratified nor acceded to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961, that is, the Convention Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents; whether any other member state of the EC is in a similar situation; whether it is proposed to take steps to bring Ireland's position into line with our EC partners; and, if so, when.