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

The Minister of State used a very extreme example but that is still an example of there being the ability of funds to claim. What Senator Higgins touched upon at length is that idea of fair and equitable treatment and that being open to interpretation. She also referenced the Beyond Barriers report document quite a lot and the active engagement that we have done to invite people to invest in Ireland under certain terms. The risk is that if those terms change we are opening ourselves up then. Those arguments are really clear and strong and I cannot fathom why we interpret them on such different basis.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-28