Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 February 2015
264. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 241 of 17 February 2015, if he will report on his Department's contribution to the interdepartmental progress consultation on the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights currently under way. [8075/15]
View answerThe Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is currently in the process of compiling a Response to the List of Issues drawn up by the United Nations Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights in relation to the third periodic examination of Ireland under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) which is scheduled to take place in June 2015. They have written to relevant Departments requesting inputs to the Response. My Department is in the process of preparing its reply to that request. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade will compile the final report on the basis of inputs from Departments.
