Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 8 May 2024
Select Committee on Social Protection
Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System Bill 2024: Committee Stage
Marc Ó Cathasaigh (Waterford, Green Party) | Oireachtas source
This is just an expansion of a provision that is in there already. We are looking at section 75(3). The amendment provides that: "An investment management contract shall include provision for enabling of the achievement of the obligations of the State under international agreements on environmental sustainability and climate change and national obligations under the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Act 2015 (as amended) in carrying out the contract."
That circles around to the second point I wanted to make in response to Deputy Ó Cuív's contribution. The reason my amendment speaks specifically to cluster munitions and anti-personnel mines is that I have a piece of legislation to hang my hat on. I do agree that I would prefer if we did not go near munitions at all. It was simply that I had a specific piece of Irish legislation that I could advert to when writing the amendment. In the case of three of these amendments, I am looking at pieces of underpinning legislation that already exist within the national context.
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