In the Vermillion case Deputy Gibney spoke about, none of the provisions I am talking about that apply under CETA were there and it was not under an investor court system but under the ISDS system. The Supreme Court in the Costello case not only identified constitutional concerns that prevented the ratification of CETA but the court then identified a legislative path to allow us to cure the concerns that had been raised. That gives the Supreme Court and the High Court the ultimate say on any award an investor court might theoretically make.
We do not believe in an investor court system. Justice Hogan's judgment in the Costello case: Would the ratification of CETA be unconstitutional inasmuch as Article 25 CETA allows for the Joint Committee to give interpretative decisions which bind the CETA Tribunals, thus compromising the democracy guarantee in Article 5 of the Constitution?
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie; Níl, Deputies Duncan Smith and Sinéad Gibney.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Seanad amendment put: | Carried | 83–61 |
| Seanad amendment put: | Carried | 86–64 |
| Amendment to amendment put: | Lost | 62–84 |
| Question put: | Carried | 86–62 |
| Question put: | Lost | 65–83 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 84–65 |
| Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 84–65 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 84–65 |
| Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 84–65 |
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