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- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I thank Ms Fitzgerald. Now we move to questions. I will try to get everyone in. We have a very tight window, unfortunately, as per the decision of the House on the Order of Business, so I cannot alter the allocations. There are only 15 or 17 minutes to get the questions done. As a result, I ask Senators to please ask very succinct questions. If they ask their questions in a minute or as...
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I call Mr. Andrews, MEP. To try to get everyone in, maybe one or two MEPs could answer each question and then we could move on.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Andrews. I will rotate the questions. If somebody has a specific objection to an answer given by a colleague, it can be taken the next time. Otherwise we will not get the questioners in. I call Senator Mary Seery Kearney.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I call Ms Fitzgerald. If anyone objects to a colleague's answer, he or she can give an answer later.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: That is to ensure there is a balance.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: A succinctly made point. I call Mr. Cuffe.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I thank Mr. Cuffe. The point well taken. I ask that MEPs reference a question that they did not get to comment on as Mr. Cuffe did there. I call Senator Warfield.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I call Senator Ruane.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: It occurs to me that maybe we could take two questions at a time and see if we can get through some questions and then rotate the responses among the MEPs, if the MEPs are agreed.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I will ask Mr. Andrews to answer that and the others can comment in their own time later.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: We have two questions of one-minute each.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: On this round, we may take three questions and have three responses for each. The next question is Senator Ahearn.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: Each MEP will have four minutes to respond. I ask them to make note of the questions posed and to respond to them within their four-minute slot. That is the only way we will be able to allow everyone to contribute this evening.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I will reverse the order now and invite Ms Daly to respond first. Each MEP has four minutes to respond.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: Ms Daly would win the Guinness world record for the number of questions answered in four minutes. I now invite Mr. Cuffe to replicate Ms Daly's performance.
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I thank all the MEPs for the way they have been focused and engaged, and for the comprehensive nature of their answers. I ask colleagues to wait for the concluding remarks from Senator Ward, who will say some words of thanks on behalf of all of us. We have had excellent participation. The MEPs have shown how seriously they take these issues and that has been reciprocated here. We will...
- Seanad: Address to Seanad Éireann by Members of the European Parliament (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I thank Senator Ward for saying what we would all wish to say individually. We would be here until 9 o'clock tonight if we did that. I thank the MEPs collectively. Go raibh míle maith agaibh uilig. Táim iontach buíoch daoibh.
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Economic and Social Research Institute (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I apologise because I did not hear the opening statements live. I welcome Dr. Barrett and Dr. Lawless and thank them for being here. It is a fascinating development, particularly for a person from the Border region, to see this great increase in North-South trade. I take the point about there being a similar diminution in east-west trade, because as Dr. Lawless said, Northern Ireland...
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Economic and Social Research Institute (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I do not want to interrupt Professor Barrett but does Professor Lawless think the new trading dynamic and business between North and South will be more North to South than South to North, but will remain significant in both ways, and that it will stand up to a resolution of the protocol and to the latest initiatives, for example, by the EU, or does Professor Lawless have any sense of what...
- Seanad Committee on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union: Impact of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement: Economic and Social Research Institute (2 Nov 2021)
Joe O'Reilly: I would like to believe it would.