Rose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I, too, thank the delegates for their presentations. Senator Craughwell raised one of the questions I had intended to raise. There is need for a legal mechanism to force the two Governments to play their roles as co-guarantors. The Good Friday Agreement is a legally binding international agreement. What does "legally binding" mean? One imagines implementation of a Bill of Rights would be legally binding. Perhaps the delegates might speak to that point.

It was mentioned that the British Government was still talking about repealing the Human Rrights Act 1998 and replacing it with a British Bill of Rights. What would it look like? What input, if any, would others on the island have in that regard? I take it that the Irish Government would not have any input. How would it impact on the implementation of a Bill of Rights?

It was also stated attention would have to turn to the pressing matter of resources and capacity building. We are all encouraged by the civic nationalism and civic unionism and all of the conversations that are ongoing. I agree that they need to be properly resourced to allow them to evolve in a way that will enables those conversations to take place.

I would welcome responses to my questions about the legal mechanisms and resources needed.