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Ireland has a sparkling new Programme for Government on the table 🇮🇪✨#programmeforgovernment
@fiannafailparty
@FineGael
@greenparty_ie
What does it say about #NIreland & about #Brexit?
A #thread on the stand-out points.
(H/T @ConorHouston_ for the starting link!)
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@fiannafailparty
@FineGael
@greenparty_ie
What does it say about #NIreland & about #Brexit?
A #thread on the stand-out points.
(H/T @ConorHouston_ for the starting link!)
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On #Brexit future UK-EU:
-IRL sees itself at the ‘centre of negotiations’
-Will maintain ‘constant’ contact with EU's UKTaskForce
-Wants close #UK-EU relationship
-Has all EU’s 🇪🇺priorities in there as its own…
Plus🐟😬
-Notes full implementation of WA = key to an FTA
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-IRL sees itself at the ‘centre of negotiations’
-Will maintain ‘constant’ contact with EU's UKTaskForce
-Wants close #UK-EU relationship
-Has all EU’s 🇪🇺priorities in there as its own…
Plus🐟😬
-Notes full implementation of WA = key to an FTA
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On implementing #WithdrawalAgmt IRL:
- Promises ‘active participation’ in Specialised Committee
(which means, according to UKG promise, NI Exec reps should be present too)
- Emphasis on rights dimensions of #protocol
- To seek ‘strong commitments’ from UKG to #ECHR (hmmm)
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- Promises ‘active participation’ in Specialised Committee
(which means, according to UKG promise, NI Exec reps should be present too)
- Emphasis on rights dimensions of #protocol
- To seek ‘strong commitments’ from UKG to #ECHR (hmmm)
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What do people in N.Ireland need to know about the #WithdrawalAgreementBill?
(for reasons obvs to folk in NI, I won’t use the acronym 😕).
I gave an interview to @BBCgmu this am, & here are the key points...
TL;DR: Hugely important for NI but ltd. scope & time to affect.
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(for reasons obvs to folk in NI, I won’t use the acronym 😕).
I gave an interview to @BBCgmu this am, & here are the key points...
TL;DR: Hugely important for NI but ltd. scope & time to affect.
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@BBCgmu The Bill puts the #WithdrawalAgmt into domestic law.
📣**REMEMBER: the difference btn this WA & May’s is the Protocol on NI/IRL – so hugely important for N.Ireland **
This Bill sees amendments to the NI Act (1998) to reflect the Protocol. But no new devolved powers per se.
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📣**REMEMBER: the difference btn this WA & May’s is the Protocol on NI/IRL – so hugely important for N.Ireland **
This Bill sees amendments to the NI Act (1998) to reflect the Protocol. But no new devolved powers per se.
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@BBCgmu The last time this WA came to Parl it fell on the matter of the timetable for processing the Bill.
MPs then saw the 3 days allowed for scrutinising the detail & tabling amendments as outrageously tight for such an important bill.
It'll be 3 days this time round too. 🗓️
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MPs then saw the 3 days allowed for scrutinising the detail & tabling amendments as outrageously tight for such an important bill.
It'll be 3 days this time round too. 🗓️
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Today UK govt published its unilateral 'commitments to Northern Ireland & its integral place in the UK'.
I'd read it not just as an effort to get unionists on board #WithdrawalAgmt but a nod towards post-Brexit governance.
Here’s an ‘essentials’ guide..
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assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
I'd read it not just as an effort to get unionists on board #WithdrawalAgmt but a nod towards post-Brexit governance.
Here’s an ‘essentials’ guide..
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assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…
It comes on the 2nd anniversary of the collapse of the NI Executive.
I really hope that isn’t a coincidence.
& if it isn't, it's a pointed reminder to those who claim to be concerned abt the representation of NI that they cd put more effort into getting Stormont up & running.
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I really hope that isn’t a coincidence.
& if it isn't, it's a pointed reminder to those who claim to be concerned abt the representation of NI that they cd put more effort into getting Stormont up & running.
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The DUP came out quickly to reject it, underwhelmed & unconvinced.
Others will be too, but we cdn’t expect detail or substance on commitments at this stage.
(Besides, perhaps it's a duty of politicians in NI to bring forward proposals re: enhancing representation of NI..?)
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Others will be too, but we cdn’t expect detail or substance on commitments at this stage.
(Besides, perhaps it's a duty of politicians in NI to bring forward proposals re: enhancing representation of NI..?)
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