Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 25 May 2017

Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union

Engagement with Dr. Duncan Morrow

10:30 am

Photo of Joe O'ReillyJoe O'Reilly (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Dr. Morrow. I have a question that may stray into territory in which our esteemed colleague Senator McDowell would have much expertise. The Good Friday Agreement is enshrined in international law and it has standing within international law. Is there an option for the Government to challenge any elements of an agreement that would threaten, or be in contravention of, the Good Friday Agreement in international law? Would Dr. Morrow see potential there in a doomsday scenario if we needed to do that? In a hierarchy of rights would the Good Friday Agreement take precedence over a potential settlement that might arise in Mr. Michel Barnier's negotiations?

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