Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2026-05-28
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Patricia Stephenson (SD), Labour Panel

On that point, I go back to that piece around the cost of public policy and the chilling regulatory effect on nation states and governments, which we have seen evidenced in other cases. I also mentioned previously that the Minister of State acknowledged on Committee Stage in select committee: "If an Irish government were to say it is going to seize all the houses owned by Canadian pension funds at a price of half their value but would not touch any other properties, those funds might have a claim in an arbitration court or even in the Irish courts under Irish law."
I recognise the Minister of State used a very extreme example but-----

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