Peadar Clohessy
Question:14 Mr. Clohessy asked the Minister for the Environment when the Government proposes to give effect to its commitment in the Programme for a Partnership Government, 1993-1997, to ratify the Council of Europe's European Charter on Local Self-Government, signed by 11 member states on 15 October 1985; and the impediments, if any, there are to immediate ratification of the Charter. [2335/94]