EU-US treaty will be binding on Ireland before Dáil can examine it

A LANDMARK EU-US treaty due to be signed in Washington today will be binding on Ireland before the Dáil has had a chance to examine it.

Yesterday, one of Ireland’s top criminal law experts said the agreement on extradition and mutual assistance had major implications for the liberties of Irish citizens.

“The big concern I would have about it is democratic scrutiny of these decisions,” said Professor Dermot Walsh of the University of Limerick.