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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: So there is nothing particularly new in CETA in that regard.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: There are two issues there. First, whether that is constitutional is a separate question-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: -----and would presumably have to be determined by the Supreme Court. The second question is whether there would have to be compensation in those circumstances. Any company could argue that case, not just a Canadian company such as IRES REIT. Any company could argue in such a scenario that that represents confiscation or expropriation and that case would have to be heard. Whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Cybersecurity Policy (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department adopts a defence in depth approach to cyber security. This approach uses multiple layers and disparate systems to deliver security which is not dependent on any single component. Given the heightened level of risk which has pertained in recent months, my Department’s technical staff has adopted a posture of increased vigilance and oversight of systems. My Department...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department and the agencies under its remit are driving the implementation of the National Remote Work Strategy, Making Remote Work, in a way which maximises its economic, social and environmental benefits. Each action in the Strategy has been attributed to lead actors for delivery and each action is scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year. Lead actors report progress on the...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Flexible Work Practices (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: My Department and the agencies under its remit are driving the implementation of the National Remote Work Strategy, Making Remote Work, in a way which maximises its economic, social and environmental benefits. Each action in the Strategy has been attributed to lead actors for delivery and each action is scheduled to be delivered by the end of this year, with work being coordinated through the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: It could sue us in either court system.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I might come back in a moment on the negative list issue. There would, of course, be engagement on it. If the Senator can give me a little bit of time I might come back on that later in the session. On the earlier question, I am advised that if a member state was unable to ratify CETA, and it represented a permanent and definitive state, they would have to formally notify this to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: The question asked by the Deputy at the outset on the breach of competition law is valid, but it is also hypothetical. I imagine that the way it would work is that the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, which is Ireland's competition authority, would conclude that there was a breach of competition law. If that breach of competition law harmed a Canadian company, I do not see...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I have to check that with the Attorney General, but I think so. I am not sure there is another one. That is the one we would use as standard; that international agreements are concluded by Dáil Éireann. The answer to the question is "Yes" because I think that is the one we always use.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: In terms of the ICS there will not, because that will be paid for out of the budgets of the European Commission and of the Canadian Government. However, we accept that this treaty requires Dáil ratification.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: No, unless-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Yes. My understanding is that it is only if the ICS case was won that it would arise. As I said, that is something I can check with the Attorney General and I am happy to do so. However, nobody is arguing that we would ratify this without a democratic vote in the Dáil. We would have to.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: No, there is no charge on public funds.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: It is because we believe that the Dáil should ratify any international agreement, but again-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: This is a constitutional legal question that I will have to check with the Attorney General. I do not want to give the Senator an answer today that turns out to be incorrect. I am happy to refer back to the Senator on that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: As I said, that is one of the questions on which I will refer back to the committee.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: Either during this meeting or later in the week.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: It is not a rush. As I outlined earlier, more than half of EU countries have ratified this treaty. It was agreed years ago and has been ratified by the European Parliament. If we were rushing, we would be one of the first to ratify it. I would like us to be one of the first to ratify, and to be in the advance group to do so, but we are already going to be in the second half. In Germany,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: EU-Canada Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement: Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment (22 Sep 2021)

Leo Varadkar: I believe it is in the interests of Irish companies and firms and, therefore, will be in the interests of Irish workers and Irish people. There is nothing wrong with our national court system. As the Senator correctly pointed out, a Canadian company can already take any case it might wish to take. It is a false argument that some people are making, perhaps not the Senator, that this would...