16 Dec 2013, 10:42
Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Phil Hogan TD will attend the Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht tomorrow, Tuesday, 17th December to discuss the proposed accession of Ireland to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Non-navigational Uses of International Watercourses
Michael McCarthy, Cathaoirleach of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht, said: “Essentially, the UN Convention requires that a State sharing an international watercourse with other States utilise the watercourse, in its territory, in a manner that is equitable and reasonable vis-à-vis the other States sharing it. The Convention requires that States ‘take all appropriate measures to prevent the causing of significant harm’ to other States sharing an international watercourse. Tomorrow, we will discuss the proposed accession of Ireland to the United Nations Convention with Minister Hogan.”
This meeting will start in Committee Room 4 at 2.15pm on Tuesday, 17th December 2013.
Committee proceedings can be viewed online here.
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Houses of the Oireachtas,
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Email: Ciaran.brennan@oireachtas.ie
Membership of the Joint Committee on Environment, Culture and the Gaeltacht
Deputies: James Bannon TD (Fine Gael); Paudie Coffey TD (Fine Gael); Noel Coonan (Fine Gael) Leas-Chathaoirleach; Marcella Corcoran Kennedy TD (Fine Gael); Barry Cowen (Fianna Fáil); Luke Flanagan TD (Independent); Kevin Humphreys TD (Labour); Michael McCarthy TD (Labour) Cathaoirleach; Sandra McLellan TD (Sinn Féin); Tony Mc Loughlin TD (Fine Gael); Michelle Mulherin TD (Fine Gael); Catherine Murphy TD (Independent); Gerald Nash TD (Labour); Seán Ó Fearghaíl TD; Brian Stanley TD (Sinn Féin).
Senators: Senator Cáit Keane (Fine Gael) Senator Denis Landy (Labour); An Seanadóir Fiach Mac Conghail (Neamhspleách); Senator Catherine Noone (Fine Gael); An Seanadóir Labhrás Ó Murchú (Fianna Fáil): Senator Ned O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil).