Declan Breathnach (Louth, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirlgh. As the Chairman said, I am not a member of this committee, but I am attending it as a members of the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and indeed the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly. This issue has been raised on numerous occasions. I have two important questions that need to be asked, and that is in the context of hearing people like Robin Walker, and our Taoiseach and Tánaiste, who have been pressed on this issue and say that they are negotiating and that they are trying to find a solution to it. Ultimately, what Professor Harvey has said about having an implementation crisis, and the fact that there is no dispute mechanism there, is key to part of the resolution of Ms DeSouza's issue.

We are supposed to be here to help, and hopefully we are. I would like to ask what Ms DeSouza's view would be on an all-party motion in the Oireachtas calling on the British Government to honour its commitments to the Good Friday Agreement, and indeed to possibly seek a dispute mechanism within the Good Friday Agreement in order to avoid what Professor Harvey has described as an implementation crisis.

To what degree is Ms DeSouza aware that the issues and obligations to the international treaty have been raised within the context of the British withdrawal agreement?