Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 26 May 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Discussion with Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
I do not know. I have not read the legal advice from the Attorney General on that matter. I have only read the memorandum brought to Cabinet by the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Eamon Ryan. The best thing to do is take it up with him. The issues around LNG and the Energy Charter Treaty are matters for him, as Minister. The Energy Charter Treaty, which is old at this stage, was not deemed to be unconstitutional. If that was not unconstitutional, it is hard to see how CETA could be.
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