Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 April 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Issues Arising from Brexit: Retail NI and Retail Excellence Ireland

2:20 pm

Mr. Glyn Roberts:

Our MPs are present. I do not envy them the role they have in processing that Bill, which is a big cut-and-paste mechanism to transpose EU directives into UK domestic law. There are significant challenges with that. I think this is a major waste of time and effort. There is also an issue about how we will scrutinise this in Stormont. In the context of the current negotiations, we have suggested that Stormont establish a Brexit committee because there are going to be major issues in respect of Brexit. Those issues will have an impact on the Executive in the context of how it does its job the responsibilities it will have. There are indications that Stormont may get additional powers on the back of Brexit, particularly in respect of agriculture.

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