Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 21 April 2015
182. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if representations were made by him or his Department in the case of a person (details supplied), a prisoner in the United States of America, who has had health difficulties recently. [15281/15]
View answerI am aware of this case. The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has not made representations on behalf of the individual in question. T he Department does not have a consular role in this case as the individual is not an Irish citizen.
As a signatory to the International Covenant on Social Economic and Cultural Rights, Ireland supports the right of all people to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health as enshrined in Article 12 of that Covenant.
