Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 24 February 2022

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Engagement with Representatives from the Committee on the Administration of Justice

Ms Una Boyd:

I have a brief point, because I am conscious of the time. A huge amount of the response of the UK Government to this has been to suggest one should not worry because it will not have an impact on British and Irish citizens. That is a real failure of understanding that we care about more people in our community than just the British and Irish citizens. More people in our communities use the Border and live cross-Border lives than just the British and Irish citizens. Perhaps that is something on which the Irish Government can take a stronger stance in representing people who are visiting and living in their jurisdiction. It is not good enough to just say that British and Irish citizens do not need ETAs, because it affects more than just them.