241. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any of his officials or Departmental consultants have legal and / or policy expertise in the area of the implications for public spending of Ireland's international treaty obligations; if so, if he will provide, in tabular form, the date, subject matter and mode of communications, he has had with these experts since 2011, including specifically, whether he has taken any advice with respect to the implications for his Department of the binding legal obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; if not, if he has had communications with, or taken advice from, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with respect to these issues; if so, if he will provide, in tabular form, the date, subject matter and mode of these communications and advices since 2011; if not, if it has been previously brought to his attention, from any source, that certain treaty provisions, under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, have binding legal implications for the spending decisions for which he and his Departmental officials are responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6905/15]

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241. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any of his officials or Departmental consultants have legal and / or policy expertise in the area of the implications for public spending of Ireland's international treaty obligations; if so, if he will provide, in tabular form, the date, subject matter and mode of communications, he has had with these experts since 2011, including specifically, whether he has taken any advice with respect to the implications for his Department of the binding legal obligations under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; if not, if he has had communications with, or taken advice from, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade with respect to these issues; if so, if he will provide, in tabular form, the date, subject matter and mode of these communications and advices since 2011; if not, if it has been previously brought to his attention, from any source, that certain treaty provisions, under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, have binding legal implications for the spending decisions for which he and his Departmental officials are responsible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6905/15]

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