Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
Impact of Brexit on the Divergence of Rights and Best Practice on the Island of Ireland: Discussion
Ms Sin?ad Gibney:
I am not exactly sure of the framework or the forum to which the Deputy referred, where this constitutional discussion is happening. I thank the Deputy for her comments on our contributions and how helpful they are. Last year, we put out a policy statement calling for the constitutional protection of economic, social and cultural rights. There needs to be a greater prominence of human rights and equality in those types of constitutional discussions. We will be happy to continue to support the committee's work in that area in any way we can. I have nothing further to say, apart from echoing what Ms Kilpatrick mentioned in terms of the specifics on the charter of rights. Following our most recent appearance, we followed up on that. We did not have the information to hand at that meeting. All members will have received our joint letter on that particular topic.
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