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

I have to be honest, I had not considered the occupied territories Bill was relevant to CETA, but I can tell the Senator this - the rules of general international law are binding on all states. Our Constitution makes that clear as well. We bind ourselves to international law. It is absolutely inconceivable that a CETA tribunal would make an award that breaches general international law. Therefore, this is unnecessary. To put it mildly, and to be generous, some of the examples are getting more stark now in terms of what the CETA will be. I have not heard previously the terrible situation in Gaza being brought into the CETA debate. That is certainly a new moment in this debate.

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