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E/C.12/IRL/Q/3

United Nations

Economic and Social Council

Distr.: General 5 December 2014 Original: English Advance unedited version

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights

List of issues in relation to the third periodic report of Ireland* I.

General information

1. Please clarify whether the Covenant is part of the domestic law of the State party and can be invoked before, and/or applied by, domestic courts. Please also provide examples of cases where rights which are not guaranteed in the State party’s Constitution, such as the right to food and cultural rights, have been adjudicated by domestic courts referring to or using the Covenant. 2. Please indicate whether the State party views the reservation to article 13, paragraph 2(a), made at the time of ratification of the Covenant as of continued relevance or whether it plans to withdraw it.

II. Issues relating to the general provisions of the Covenant (arts. 1-5) Article 2(1) – Maximum available resources 3. Please indicate to what extent austerity measures adopted under the National Recovery Plan 2011-2014, such as cuts to social security benefits have affected the enjoyment of economic, social and cultural rights, in particular by disadvantaged and marginalized groups.

Article 2, paragraph 2 – Non-discrimination 4. Please indicate whether the State party intends to adopt comprehensive antidiscrimination legislation which includes all the grounds referred to in article 2, paragraph 2 of the Covenant.

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Adopted by the pre-sessional working group at its Fifty-fourth session (1-5 December


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