143. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legal obligations that exist directing the Government to act on the reports and recommendations of the United Nations human rights committee; if he will confirm that Ireland, as a sovereign nation, is not obliged under international law to have the constitution and laws amended following the merely advisory reports and recommendations of the same committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36928/15]

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143. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the legal obligations that exist directing the Government to act on the reports and recommendations of the United Nations human rights committee; if he will confirm that Ireland, as a sovereign nation, is not obliged under international law to have the constitution and laws amended following the merely advisory reports and recommendations of the same committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36928/15]

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