Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed)

2:10 pm

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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The North has a population of 1.8 million people. If it leaves the EU, all of those people have the option to exercise a right to be Irish citizens and an option to therefore be EU citizens. A particular anomaly will exist were there will be a continuous citizenry outside of the boundaries of a political entity. I understand that there are threats to both communities from the location of the EU border, but at the very least that has to be added in to the understanding of where that EU border is.