European Court of Human Rights Judgments

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 February 2013

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Questions (191)

John Paul Phelan

Question:

191. Deputy John Paul Phelan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of progress reports which have been submitted to either the European Court of Human Rights or the Council of Europe in relation to the judgement in the ABC v Ireland case; the dates on which these reports were submitted; if he will outline the manner in which these reports were compiled; the other Government Departments, if any, which contributed to each report; the Ministers and Ministers of State who contributed to each report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7073/13]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade

The European Convention on Human Rights provides that implementation of a judgment of the European Court of Human Rights is supervised by the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe. As part of that supervision process the State has submitted 4 Action Plans to the Committee of Ministers outlining the steps taken to implement the judgment. The Action Plans were submitted to the Council of Europe on 16 June 2011, 13 January 2012, 30 November 2012 and 8 February 2013. The Action Plans were prepared in the first instance by the Minister for Health and then agreed, as appropriate, with me, the Taoiseach and the Minister for Justice and Equality, prior to being submitted to the Committee of Ministers.