Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2026-05-28
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Thomas Byrne (FF), Meath East

I cannot put the matter any further. The amendments are trying to tie the hands of the High Court. We are trying to give the High Court discretion. The items the Senator mentioned are not within the constitutional order of the State or the legal order of the EU. I do not believe it would be helpful to start expanding on what Mr. Justice Hogan said in his decision in the Costello case. We have examined that decision and drafted the legislation in accordance with it in order that it would be appropriate for the High Court, as we see it, to make these determinations. By going narrower than the broad scope we have given, the Senator is tying the hands of the High Court. That is not something we feel is appropriate.

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