Dáil Éireann debate -
Tuesday, 16 Jun 1998

Vol. 492 No. 4

Written Answers. - International Agreements.

Frances Fitzgerald

Question:

242 Ms Fitzgerald asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the international agreements under the auspices of his Department which, as of 1 June 1998, have not been signed by the State and which it is proposed that the State should sign or become a party to; the international organisation, if any, responsible for the agreement in each case; the date and place each agreement was adopted or opened for signature; and when it is proposed to sign each agreement or become a party to it. [13968/98]

Minister for the Environment and Local Government (Mr. Dempsey)

The information requested is set out in the following table:

Agreement	Date and Place Opened for Signature	International Organisation	Proposed Action
Convention on the Protection and Use of Transboundary Watercourses and International Lakes	17 March 1992 Helsinki	UN/ECE	Arrangements being made to deposit Ireland's Instrument of Accession to the Convention
Protocol to the 1997 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution concerning the control of emissions of volatile organic compounds or their transboundary fluxes	18 November 1991 New York	United Nations	Signature is contingent on the implementation of a number of EU Directives in relation to VOCs.
Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters	25 June 1998 Aarhuus	United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN/ECE)	Subject to Government approval, it is intended to sign Convention on 25 June
Draft Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Geneva Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution	24 June 1998 Aarhuus	UN/ECE	Subject to Government approval, it is intended to sign Protocol on 24 June
Draft Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Geneva Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution	24 June 1998 Aarhuus	UN/ECE	Subject to Government approval, it is intended to sign Protocol on 24 June