Ms Emma DeSouza:

I think that the absence of a dispute mechanism in the Good Friday Agreement does not undermine or minimise the strength, weight and power that the Irish Government does have when it comes to the agreement.

It is a co-guarantor, and I think that what is needed now is for a realisation that the Irish Government does have that ability to take a stand in defence of this provision. We need more political pressure at this point, and there are a lot of negotiations happening right now around the withdrawal agreement and around Brexit. A lot of conversations are happening. I would personally like to see this start to creep its way onto those papers and onto those negotiations, and potentially have some sort of political weight put behind that as to finding a way to find a resolution in order to safeguard our rights. In terms of other avenues, maybe Professor Harvey would have something more on that than I do.