{"id":1952,"date":"2022-11-11T12:04:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T12:04:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ceta-decision-an-indictment-of-government-attempts-to-ram-deal-through-the-dail\/"},"modified":"2022-11-11T12:04:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T12:04:26","slug":"ceta-decision-an-indictment-of-government-attempts-to-ram-deal-through-the-dail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/ceta-decision-an-indictment-of-government-attempts-to-ram-deal-through-the-dail\/","title":{"rendered":"CETA Decision An Indictment Of Government Attempts To Ram Deal Through The D\u00e1il"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>I hope this important decision will prompt some reflection on the government benches<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court decision that ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)) between the EU and Canada is unconstitutional is an indictment of the government\u2019s attempt to ram the deal through the D\u00e1il, according to Social Democrats Environment Spokesperson Jennifer Whitmore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI welcome the decision of the Supreme Court today that ratification of CETA would be unconstitutional. This is a hugely significant decision &#8211; and a vindication for those who had serious concerns about the government\u2019s attempts to ram ratification of this deal through the D\u00e1il.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is worth recalling that the Government previously attempted to rush through ratification of this hugely complex deal after just a 55-minute D\u00e1il debate in December 2020. That cynical effort only failed because it prompted such a huge public outcry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government continually tells us that it is crucial to ratify this deal to boost trade. However, the trade elements of this deal came into force back in 2017. What remains outstanding is a controversial investor court system (ICS), which gives multinationals the right to sue governments that curtail their freedom of action as investors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe practical impact of this is that ICS allows large corporations to leapfrog domestic and EU courts and take cases against governments to specially-created tribunals when policy decisions impact their bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to implementing measures that have the capacity to pit the public interest against investor interest, the choice for the Government should be an easy one. Protect the public interest. At all costs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope this important decision will prompt some reflection on the government benches and a re-examination of the long-term consequences of introducing ICS as part of this deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>11 November, 2022<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I hope this important decision will prompt some reflection on the government benches The Supreme Court decision that ratification of the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)) between the EU and Canada is unconstitutional is an indictment of the government\u2019s attempt to ram the deal through the D\u00e1il, according to Social Democrats Environment Spokesperson Jennifer [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[405,268,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1952","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-climate","category-jennifer-whitmore","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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