An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2023-04-18
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Leo Varadkar (FG), Dublin West

The Unified Patent Court is now up and running. We are very keen for Ireland to become a member of the court but that requires a referendum. The Minister, Deputy Coveney, is working on the legislation and on the information office at the moment. We have not set a date for a referendum yet. It will most likely be concurrent with the European and local elections next May or June but that has not been decided for definite yet.

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