Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I have a dedicated team in the Department. They have been working for almost a year on each individual scheme that has reciprocal rights between Great Britain, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland to ascertain what exactly we need to do to maintain those reciprocal arrangements. I read the report with interest and was curious as to why it came out this morning but that is the nature of it. It stated that we require greater legal certainty regarding the articulation of the common travel area. It is untrue to say it does not exist in legislation. It exists in much legislation. It would be more ideal if it existed in just one Act. We will need to move to put some sort of an agreement together. That is what is being worked on. I suggest it will be finalised long before 29 March but I will keep the Deputy posted and let him know.

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