Dáil debates
Wednesday, 4 November 2015
Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
9:45 am
Richard Bruton (Dublin North Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Unfortunately, Deputy Murphy does not let the facts interfere with his ideology. The truth is that these negotiations and this arbitration will not be in private with arbitrators chosen by companies. The Commission has developed an approach to dispute settlement whereby it can only be invoked where there is targeted discrimination on manifestly unfair grounds. Adjudicators must be approved by Governments from among persons qualified to be judges. The procedures must be transparent. There must be an independent appeal process and it must respect and protect the right of governments to regulate. Deputy Murphy is simply inaccurate and, I suspect, is not reading the documents because they might interfere with the conclusions he reached years ago on any trade negotiations.
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