Dr. Stephen Farry:

I will ask a few questions to which anyone can respond. To what extent do we need to return to the mapping exercise on North-South co-operation that was done by the Irish Government a couple of years ago? It identified about 140 areas of North-South co-operation. Should we conduct an audit on how things have turned out in practice in the intervening years, particularly from Brexit going live? What lessons or action plan can be derived from that piece of work?

My next group of questions are for Dr. Soares but I urge other people to feel free to respond. I want to get a sense of the different organisations that work across the Border. To what extent are EU and EEA nationals employed or engaged? How difficult are things becoming in that regard?

Does Dr. Soares want to take the opportunity to put on record some of his concerns about EEA nationals in terms of the implications of the electronic travel authorisation, ETA, scheme that the UK Government envisages in terms of its Nationality and Borders Bill and what it may be contemplating in terms of the common travel area? What are the potential risks arising from what was said by the Home Office in recent weeks and the fact that there are a few issues up in the air?