Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality
Citizenship Rights and DeSouza Judgment: Discussion
Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent) | Oireachtas source
I agree with what the witnesses are saying and I want to thank Ms DeSouza for her courage and persistence; I should have said that at the beginning, and thank her for her persistence. However it is not clear really. To the witnesses' reading and my reading it is crystal clear, and certainly it was very creative, allowed for a just solution, allowed for people to choose and all of that. I agree with all of that. However in retrospect, it allowed for a completely different interpretation by one party. There is no dispute resolution mechanism to deal with that within the Good Friday Agreement. Is it not right that there is no way of dealing with that different interpretation in a speedy way and in an effective manner?
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