Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2026-05-28
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Nessa Cosgrove (LAB), Labour Panel

As Senator O'Loughlin said as well, we can see already that in respect of the trade, we have really good trade relationships with Canada. We know this. I just do not understand why an amendment like this would not be put in. The Minister of State has said that it is too prescriptive but it is protecting us and protecting our own judicial system. Why would we not want to put this in? What is wrong with putting it in? If the Minister of State is not concerned about investor courts why not put this in? Work it the other way around. What harm is it going to do if the Minister of State is not concerned about it? There are ten other countries in the EU that have not agreed to this either. Like we said, they are big players like Belgium, Italy and Poland. It can be renegotiated so I do not understand that. We have seen how much trade has increased and to reiterate, we are pro-trade. We have seen how much trade has increased between our two countries. Why not have a protection like this that will protect our Constitution and courts system?

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