Mr. Dáithí O'Ceallaigh:

I will take the Deputy's second question first. Very good work has been done over years by the British-Irish parliamentary bodies, which meet regularly. I firmly believe many of these barriers can be broken down by jaw-jaw. It is a question of getting together and realising that we all do not have the devil's ears on our heads and can work and manage together. In terms of the Good Friday Agreement, it is important Irish parliamentarians meet and talk as often as they can to their opposite numbers in the UK and, to the extent they are allowed, to their opposite numbers in the North. The Executive is very fragile. It did not exist for almost all of the Brexit negotiation, which meant that the political power went from Belfast to Westminster, and to a very specific group in Westminster which was not representative of all of the different views in Northern Ireland. Irish parliamentarians should try to meet and talk as often as possible to their opposite numbers in Britain and in Northern Ireland.

On the legal issue, I am not a legal person, but two or three years ago the President of the Supreme Court, Mr. Justice Frank Clarke, gave a talk to the IIEA in which he talked about the opportunities available to Irish barristers, Irish lawyers and Irish companies to get some of this commercial business that is in Britain. He said that companies that heretofore have done this work - sought mediation and so on in London - might now choose to come to Ireland to do so. That is as good an answer as I can give. I am not an expert, but from what I hear there are opportunities available which, perhaps, we should go after.