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

My amendments certainly do not represent an acceptance of the premise of the mechanism and its credibility. They are simply trying to ensure that we would have a guarantee of proper High Court scrutiny, with an evidence base, in relation to every instance of enforcement. I do not see why we cannot have a proper review in relation to every instance of enforcement and proper consideration, rather than simply in instances where that enforcement may be challenged. If the Minister of State envisages, as he suggested, so few awards being made and so few attempts at enforcement, then why not have a bar that would ensure the High Court would be provided with evidence in relation to those instances in terms of their compatibility with the law?

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