Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

There are approximately 8,000 EU directives and legislation applicable to the United Kingdom and many of these relate to child protection and child welfare. These are part of the UK's legal system and it would take 40 years to unwind them. The UK will try to unwind some of them. Issues arise with regard to child abduction and so forth. One of the key child protection issues the witnesses raised is the EU arrest warrant, which applies to both jurisdictions. Following Brexit, the EU arrest warrant will no longer apply to Northern Ireland, which means such cases would have to be addressed under an extradition agreement between Ireland the United Kingdom. Given that we do not have such an agreement with the UK, legislation on this matter may have to be introduced, depending on the final agreement reached on Brexit.

On the final recommendation and the special rapporteur, does the Children's Rights Alliance want the committee to seek to have a special rapporteur investigate the implications of Brexit?