559. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his position on the draft World Health Organisation Pandemic Preparedness Treaty; if he agrees with an assessment (details supplied) that the treaty is insufficiently human-rights based; if the Irish delegation will seek to enhance the human-rights basis of the treaty; if he will support or propose amendments to ensure that intellectual property rights are appropriately balanced against public investment in scientific advancement and do not constitute a barrier to the right to health and the right to benefit from scientific progress; the process he will follow when seeking to ratify the treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49791/23]

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559. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health his position on the draft World Health Organisation Pandemic Preparedness Treaty; if he agrees with an assessment (details supplied) that the treaty is insufficiently human-rights based; if the Irish delegation will seek to enhance the human-rights basis of the treaty; if he will support or propose amendments to ensure that intellectual property rights are appropriately balanced against public investment in scientific advancement and do not constitute a barrier to the right to health and the right to benefit from scientific progress; the process he will follow when seeking to ratify the treaty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49791/23]

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