David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

This outcome could result in the UK introducing or considering the introduction of measures in response, which could have further east-west or North-South impacts. Any wider political ramifications for Ireland’s relationship with the UK, including on the operation of the common travel area and, potentially, with the EU on how Irish citizens born in Northern Ireland access benefits as EU citizens, the Good Friday Agreement, and the draft withdrawal agreement on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU, would need to be carefully considered.