723. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the scale and prevalence of domestic abuse here, if he will sign the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence on behalf of the State before Ireland’s EU Presidency concludes; his views on the fact that Ireland remains one of the minority number of countries who have thus far failed to sign up to the Convention since it opened for signature in May 2011. [27445/13]

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723. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the scale and prevalence of domestic abuse here, if he will sign the European Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence on behalf of the State before Ireland’s EU Presidency concludes; his views on the fact that Ireland remains one of the minority number of countries who have thus far failed to sign up to the Convention since it opened for signature in May 2011. [27445/13]

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