Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 7 October 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Consequential Provisions) Bill 2020: Discussion

Photo of Robert TroyRobert Troy (Longford-Westmeath, Fianna Fail)
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In response to the third question, everybody has concerns about how the UK has performed in terms of an agreement it signed in the past 12 months. However, we must remember that the common travel area long predates membership of the EU and there has always been an understanding between Ireland and the UK on reciprocal rights. I have no reason to think that would not continue in the future.