Dáil debates

Wednesday, 4 November 2015

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions

Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership

9:45 am

Photo of Richard BrutonRichard 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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