Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 22 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Photo of Leo VaradkarLeo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is a pretty extreme remark. People will litigate for all sorts of different reasons. Citizens do and companies do. I do not know the exact number of Canadian companies that are currently involved in litigation but as I pointed out earlier, this is happening before CETA has been ratified so the idea that ratifying CETA somehow allows corporations to litigate makes no sense. It is absurd because, as the Deputy pointed out, there are hundreds or even thousands of cases under way.

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