Dáil
‹ Order of Business Patent Court referendum
Summary
Dara Calleary seeks inclusion of the Patent Court constitutional referendum among this year’s votes; the Taoiseach supports it but gives no timetable.
No. 49, the Amendment to the Constitution Bill, is to amend Article 29 in order to recognise the international agreement on the Patent Court. We will have a raft of referendums this year, so is it possible to include it? We were promised that there would be a referendum on this last year. It is not in any way contentious, but if we do not ratify the agreement on the unified Patent Court, it will be a serious weakness in our enterprise armoury.
