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95 Ms F. Fitzgerald asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if, in view of the fact that Ireland has signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, he will give the progress that has been made with regard to the required report on the measures adopted which give effect to the rights recognised under the Convention and in relation to the enjoyment of those rights.
Ireland signed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child on 29 September 1990 and ratified it on 28 September 1992. In accordance with Article 49, the Convention entered into force in Ireland on 28 October 1992.
Under the terms of Article 44 of the Convention, each State Party undertakes to submit to the Committee on the Rights of the Child established by the Convention reports on the measures adopted to give effect to the rights contained in the Convention and on progess made on the enjoyment of those rights. The initial report is to be submitted within two years of the entry into force of the Convention and further reports every five years thereafter.
