The Minister of State, on the one hand, criticised Senators for referring to CETA in the debate but then used the framework of the CETA agreement to justify why this amendment is unnecessary for the Arbitration (Amendment) Bill. The Arbitration (Amendment) Bill seeks to put Ireland, a country which so greatly benefits from international trade, into a position where we can ratify the range of EU trade and investment agreements that we massively benefit from as an EU member state.
Amendment No. 14 is a physical amendment to amendment No. 13. In addition to these environmental protections already contained in modern EU trade agreements, including CETA, in March of this year the CETA joint committee adopted the CETA interpretation on investment to clarify elements of investment provisions under CETA, notably investment and climate change.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 9,369 words from 15 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Chris Andrews and Pauline Tully; Níl, Senators Cathal Byrne and Paul Daly.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 16–25 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 16–24 |
| Question put: | Carried | 27–15 |
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