Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 7 July 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

British Government Legacy Proposals: Discussion

Photo of John McGahonJohn McGahon (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I worked in the House of Lords ten years ago as an intern. As we saw with the Brexit legislation in 2019, it will not be able to stop it. All it can do is delay, obstruct or slow it down it until it eventually gets through in some shape or form, if there are enough Conservative peers, which there are, to pass it.

What is the real driving force behind the legislation? Mr. Holder referred to that earlier, and might want to expand on his remarks. My final question relates to comments of the Chair. Is Rwanda the only other example where legislation has been referred to the court he mentioned or are there other examples of legislation in a European context that has been referred?

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