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 will take a couple of the questions. I will touch on the legacy issue too. Essentially, we have been cautious about commenting or venturing towards commentary on the UK legacy Bill, because it is very unusual for a commission with our remit to comment on legislation outside our jurisdiction. However, we are concerned that there will be a potential implication for political parties across our islands and indeed many other civil society groups and others. There is broad agreement on that. At the joint committee, we met again in April for the first time in a little while. Our focus at that meeting was the legacy Bill. IHREC is seeking legal advice on that matter. We plan to establish a position on the implications or potential implications of the UK legacy Bill for people in Ireland. That is our state of play. I hoped that we might be further advanced by the time I appeared before this committee today but unfortunately we are still in the process of getting that legal opinion. It is something we will comment on in the future.
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