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

What is being continually thrown in every contribution is that this is completely incorrect. What Senators are basing it on is on a different system. They are basing it on something that is not only not in the text of CETA and the various documents and court decisions surrounding it, but the very opposite of what they are saying is written in black and white in CETA, the interpretative instrument and court decisions, including our own Supreme Court decisions.

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Sitting date: 2026-05-28