Colm Brophy (Dublin South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

It is an interesting change. One of the worries I would see on that, and I would see it as a real worry, is if the British interpreted that the same way, Irish citizens might lose the right to vote for the Scottish national Parliament or the Welsh Assembly, because there is no equivalent body in Ireland for a quid pro quo. I could be wrong, but my understanding is that up until now, Irish people have enjoyed those voting entitlements in the UK. We are now very much having a change on that. It is very interesting and may need to be looked at a little bit more, in all honesty.