Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Seanad Éireann — 2026-05-28
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Alice-Mary Higgins (IND), National University of Ireland

They were "Yes" or "No" questions. It was simply a "Yes" or a "No" to whether the State has considered or factored in the Energy Charter Treaty when making decisions on legislation policy or regulation and whether the potential risk of litigation under the treaty had been a consideration in any of those processes. Then the other simple question related to the companies. The Minister of State stated that the companies have the same legal advice he has. None of us has the Attorney General's advice, so I do not know if the Minister of State means that the companies have similar legal advice. I was asking what engagement there had been with large companies around the expectations of how this is likely to operate.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-28