Seanad debates

Wednesday, 15 May 2024

Research and Innovation Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)

 

10:30 am

Photo of Alice-Mary HigginsAlice-Mary Higgins (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 90b:

In page 41, after line 38, to insert the following: “(2) When entering into an agreement under this section, the Agency shall ensure that such agreements are consistent with relevant ethical standards, human rights and international law and in particular would not compromise the State’s obligations under:
(a) the Cluster Munitions and Anti-Personnel Mines Act 2008;

(b) the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons;

(c) the Chemical Weapons Convention;

(d) the Biological Weapons Convention;

(e) the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons.”.

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