Ms Tanya Ward:

We have a recommendation around the common travel area and trying to ensure children enjoy the same rights and entitlements in both jurisdictions. If we do not secure something like that for people from Belfast who work in Dublin, they will not be able to avail of child benefit as they can at the moment because the United Kingdom is a third country. All of these things need to be untangled. We have tried to come up with some global solutions to capture all of those situations. The common travel area seems to be a useful tool to make sure all children and families can be protected.