Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 23 November 2017
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Northern Ireland Issues and Implications of Brexit for Good Friday Agreement: Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade
2:10 pm
Maureen O'Sullivan (Dublin Central, Independent) | Oireachtas source
The issues in the prison involving prisoners, both republican and loyalist, are not being addressed. Again, lip service is being paid to them, Despite the agreements that have been signed by everyone, they are not being implemented, which is creating a very difficult atmosphere within the prison and in parts of society. This brings me to the other point regarding revocation of licences because, again, this has implications. If we are talking about legacy issues, this is central to them. Those whose licences are revoked must go through a system with parole commissioners that is totally unjust and is certainly not transparent or in any way accountable. I would refer to those particular issues because they are very far down the agenda and my fear is that they will be totally overshadowed by the economic aspects of Brexit and will slide further and further down.
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