Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Citizenship Rights and DeSouza Judgment: Discussion

Ms Emma DeSouza:

I would say to rush quickly before the UK leaves the European Union, if that is an option, but in terms of what can be done here, pressure needs to be put on the British Government because it clearly believes that it can continue on this path. I know there has been political pressure on it over the last year or two years with our case, but clearly it remains undeterred, so I do not necessarily know how a person might pursue that in a stronger way. Certainly there needs to be urgency because of the real-time effect it is having on people in Northern Ireland, and the fact people are going through this right now. It needs to be addressed as quickly as possible and as strongly as possible, and I hope that it is something the committee might be able to look to doing.

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