86. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to Ireland ratifying the UNCRC Second Optional Protocol, the reason the State must be able to meet the obligations it assumes from the moment that international agreement enters into force in Ireland; the reason for the discrepancy between this agreement and the Istanbul Convention, which Ireland ratified, yet, where the State remains unable to meet the required level of women’s refuge spaces years after ratification; to set out in layman’s language how these international agreements appear to involve different criteria for the State in meeting its obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68353/25]

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86. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in relation to Ireland ratifying the UNCRC Second Optional Protocol, the reason the State must be able to meet the obligations it assumes from the moment that international agreement enters into force in Ireland; the reason for the discrepancy between this agreement and the Istanbul Convention, which Ireland ratified, yet, where the State remains unable to meet the required level of women’s refuge spaces years after ratification; to set out in layman’s language how these international agreements appear to involve different criteria for the State in meeting its obligations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68353/25]

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