Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 October 2016
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Implications for Good Friday Agreement of UK EU Referendum Result: Discussion (Resumed)
2:00 pm
Paul Coghlan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The Good Friday Agreement and everything that flows from it is obviously sacrosanct. Given the tie-up with European law, which Commissioner Hogan touched on earlier at another committee, what would be their view on that? Mr. Mickey Brady, MP mentioned that the Brits do not have a plan A or a plan B. That is understandable in one sense because there is a very important court case going on which will go to the Supreme Court and many politicians from the other side that we and the Chairman met recently at the Lords Brexit committee seem to believe that the Prime Minister and the Government will not get their way on that case; that the supremacy of parliament in Britain will be upheld by their lordships in the courts. That might not be until nearer Christmas. Do the witnesses have a view on that?
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