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Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: It is happening in Europe, I agree, but I think it is happening in both committees. I said to the Deputy we would come back with a timeline on it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: I would like to work with the clerk and check that-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: I know. I would like to work with the clerk on that, if you do not mind. I will check and come back with an answer.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: General Affairs Council: Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs (11 Oct 2023)

Colm Brophy: How many independent reports end up being discussed over lunch at the council-----

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Conflicts (20 Sep 2023)

Colm Brophy: 21. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update in relation to the ongoing situation in Artsakh, Nagorno-Karabak; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39783/23]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: On behalf of the committee, I welcome the UK ambassador to Ireland, H.E. Mr. Paul Johnston, along with his colleagues. In today's meeting we are looking forward to having a discussion on the future of the EU-UK relationship, which I believe will be the first opportunity for the committee and the ambassador to engage on that post Brexit. This will obviously be a crucial relationship as we...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: I thank the ambassador very much. We have had some indications already in terms of Deputies wanting to contribute. I call Deputy Ó Murchú.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: I thank Deputy Ó Murchú. Before I come back to the ambassador, for the purposes of clarity, our meeting this morning and what we invited the ambassador in for is to discuss EU-UK relations in the context, obviously, of Ireland in that regard. Some of those areas and questions, which the Deputy is absolutely at liberty to ask, are way outside the scope of that. We respect that the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: That is why I made it very clear that the Deputy is fully entitled to make the points.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: I want to hand back-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: I am going to be a little more definitive now and I am going to ask the ambassador to address the issues that we are primarily here to discuss today. I want to give members a bit of leeway but this is not a discussion on that point. This is a discussion on potential UK-EU future relations. With that, I will hand back to the ambassador.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: I will go now to Deputy Haughey but before I do I would say this about the Windsor Framework. It is one of those great ironies because in the Prime Minister's speech he told the people of Northern Ireland that they have the most enviable situation of being in the European Union and in the United Kingdom, which of course was something everybody in the United Kingdom enjoyed until Brexit. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: We have concluded our contributions from members. I want to make a couple of points and to ask questions of the ambassador myself. I would be very interested to know where the process lies in terms of the UK moving on the historic EU legislation that is embedded within UK law. As he is aware, there was legislation effectively to scrap that and we know that has now been stepped back. It...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Future of the EU-UK Relationship: UK Ambassador to Ireland (12 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: Before I bring our engagement to a close, it is always worth noting at a point such as this what the relationship will be in the future. One of the key things is that when the UK was a member of the EU, the ability of Ireland and UK to work together was one of the pronounced parts of membership for both countries. We shared some similar goals and a vision for Europe. Extrapolating the new...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities of the Spanish EU Presidency: Discussion with Spanish Ambassador (5 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: On behalf of the committee, I welcome the Spanish ambassador, H.E. Mr. Ion de la Riva. Today's meeting is to discuss the priorities of the Spanish Presidency of the European Council, which began on 1 July. Before we begin, I advise the ambassador of the long-standing parliamentary practice that witnesses should not criticise or make charges against any person or entity by name or in such...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities of the Spanish EU Presidency: Discussion with Spanish Ambassador (5 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: Not at all. I thank the ambassador for his comprehensive presentation of what sounds like an excellent work programme for the upcoming Presidency. A number of Deputies want to come in. I do not usually intervene or make a comment first. However, I want to say one thing that is particular to my way of thinking about things. It is about the relationship between the European Union and the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities of the Spanish EU Presidency: Discussion with Spanish Ambassador (5 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: His Excellency has been very comprehensive. There is opportunity for some back and forth on this as we have some flexibility on time. I call Deputy Haughey.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities of the Spanish EU Presidency: Discussion with Spanish Ambassador (5 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: I thank the ambassador. As someone who will be in the ambassador's lovely country for the election, the notion of campaigning in 30°C is not one that any politician, regardless of his or her perspective, would relish. In this country, we would not even think of conducting an election in that heat at the time of year in question. It will be a very interesting experience to watch the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs: Priorities of the Spanish EU Presidency: Discussion with Spanish Ambassador (5 Jul 2023)

Colm Brophy: If the ambassador can add to that in five minutes he is a very good man.