Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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We have other international courts, for example, the International Court of Justice, the European Court of Justice, ECJ, and the European Court of First Instance. We have many examples of non-national courts and they do what people who are involved in arbitration and who are judges should do; they take account of the law, listen to the evidence from both sides and make a fair judgment. The reason the EU wanted this included in CETA was we wanted to have protections for Irish and European companies. We need to bear that in mind as well. We want to make sure that Irish and European companies that may invest or trade in Canada are not treated unfairly and have this mechanism open to them.