Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Sir John. At the time of his prime ministership, I lived in London. I want to look at the Good Friday Agreement in terms of it being a living document, as we are the implementation committee of it. Obviously, the British and Irish Governments are co-guarantors of that agreement. The Good Friday Agreement and the 2003 joint declaration in St. Andrews, and the New Decade, New Approach, NDNA, all committed to a bill of rights. The gaping hole of the Good Friday Agreement or the implementation is the lack of fulfilment of where the British Government said it would complete incorporation of the European Convention on Human Rights into Northern Ireland law with direct access to the courts and remedies for breach of convention, including the power for the courts to overrule the assembly legislation on the grounds of inconsistency. As a committee here and using Sir John’s experience, what more can be done to be sure that what was promised in the Good Friday Agreement is delivered and that the two guarantors and indeed anybody else involved makes sure that happens?