Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent)
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Is there a concern that if Ireland ratifies this agreement, we will not be able to withdraw from it in the future? It would seem that, basically, once ratified, there would be no way for Ireland to decide that it wants to opt out in the future in circumstances where, for instance, we had a bad outing in an investor court. We might decide that this is not for us, but it does not appear that we can actually do that.