Gerard Craughwell (Independent) | Oireachtas source

The problem to which I alluded is that many of those 100,000 are married to people who are entitled to Irish passports, their children are entitled to Irish passports and, in the event of a dispute involving family law or company law, there are European citizens, who have certain rights and entitlements, who will not be able to exercise them. Conversely, there are British citizens or UK citizens who will not be able to exercise their rights. I see Mr. McGarry's point. It will be a nightmare.