Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage
Seanad Éireann — 2026-05-20
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Thomas Byrne (FF), Meath East

The regulatory impact assessment clearly states the thing would collapse and we would be left with tariffs and whatever pertained before we had the CETA agreement with Canada, and that jobs around the country would be at risk. Investor courts are new and have been designed to deal with the issues raised regarding the previous system of dispute resolution. There have been many significant changes.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-20