Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 29 March 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs
Border Counties: Discussion
2:10 pm
Mr. John Sheridan:
With the greatest respect, under the Good Friday Agreement, which did not exist in the late Mrs. Thatcher's time, the North is entitled to self-determination. As I stated already, it is the responsibility of Dublin, Europe and Westminster to ensure the Good Friday Agreement is fully implemented. The Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, Mr. David Davis MP, the chief negotiator on Brexit, has said that Westminster is quite happy if the North votes for self-determination to become part of Ireland and that is their right, and it will also be their right to automatically remain in Europe whatever time that would happen if it happened. He said that only yesterday.
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