Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)

Gabhaim buíochas leis an Seanadóir. First, I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. What I want to try to do, for my own sake and understanding, is to understand where we are at this time.

When the news initially broke, there was a lot of confusion for the general public and for ourselves as to exactly what it meant. I still do not feel fully across it. I want to ask about that specifically first of all. The officials have said we will retain the status as a home member under the prospectus regulation for Israel. The more detail we can have, the better. We can talk about the politics of it but what I would like to know first is what exactly our role is under that.