Mark Daly (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I wish to point something out before the Senator speaks. The Senator wrote an article and was then quoted by the former Supreme Court judge, Mrs. Justice Catherine McGuinness, in our launch of Seanad 100 this week on Northern voices. His article was on the different constructs and ideas that he has articulated today. It is fortunate that he has been able to attend. He is not a formal member of the committee, but is substituting for Senator Boyhan. I thank Senator McDowell and everyone else for their contributions.

A point made by Mr. Beckton that, as far as I know, had never been made before had to do with the idea of extending the idea of British citizenship across the Border. We talk about it as being within Northern Ireland, but Mr. Beckton pointed out that there were many people on the southern side of the Border who remained British. They were no longer unionist because they were on the far side of the Border but, despite still feeling British, they had been denied that opportunity. It was an interesting idea.