Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 30 June 2016
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Estimates for Public Services 2016
Vote 1 - President's Establishment (Revised)
Vote 2 - Department of the Taoiseach (Revised)
Vote 3 - Office of the Attorney General (Revised)
Vote 5 - Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (Revised)
Vote 6 - Office of the Chief State Solicitor (Revised)
9:00 am
Paul Murphy (Dublin South West, Anti-Austerity Alliance)
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I ask the Taoiseach to keep a very close eye on that. If it comes up for a vote, and there are reports that it is for provisional application, I ask that he would vote against it, hopefully with other member states. If the agreement is applied, the ISDS would apply for a three-year period, even if the Dáil was to vote against it subsequently. That is politically wrong, but I also believe that it could potentially be in contravention of the Constitution.