23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, while the imperative of restoring economic growth and hence the foreign policy focus in the programme for Government on actions to achieve growth in exports trade and the development of new markets abroad is understandable, the reason there is no mention in the programme for Government of the United Nations, including its human rights mechanisms and Ireland’s proposed role therein or of the Council of Europe, especially at a time when the European Court of Human Rights system is on the cusp of major reforms. [8777/11]

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23 Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, while the imperative of restoring economic growth and hence the foreign policy focus in the programme for Government on actions to achieve growth in exports trade and the development of new markets abroad is understandable, the reason there is no mention in the programme for Government of the United Nations, including its human rights mechanisms and Ireland’s proposed role therein or of the Council of Europe, especially at a time when the European Court of Human Rights system is on the cusp of major reforms. [8777/11]

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