Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 4 July 2017

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Bill 2017: Committee Stage

2:30 pm

Photo of Paschal DonohoePaschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Subsection (1) of this section provides for the approval of the terms of the agreement establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, thereby providing approval for the State being a party to the agreement. The articles of agreement establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank are included as a Schedule. Subsection (2) of the section provides that any future amendments to the agreement must be approved by the Dáil consistent with the Constitution and must be published in Iris Oifigiúil.