Ms Ruth Taillon:

I do not think we should be complacent about the citizenship issue because there are dangers with it being a two-tier citizenship, where some people who do not choose to take their Irish citizenship and therefore maintain EU citizenship will be living on this island with others who are EU citizens. Moreover, for those who do get their passports, these are limited rights in the sense that one can travel and go on one's holidays or take a job elsewhere in Europe but it does not necessarily guarantee health coverage or a student's right to study at a university in Europe on the same basis as a European citizen. We do not know exactly where those kinds of things will hit us in the face but there will be dangers down the line when some people in the North have some rights and others do not. It will be a messy situation and we do not know how it will play out in terms of where the issues will arise.