European Union Committee
Brexit: UK-Irish relations
6th Report of Session 2016-17 - published 12 December 2016 - HL Paper 76
Contents
Chapter 2: The economic implications
Current UK-Irish trade relations
The economic implications for Ireland
Financial services, hi-tech and multinational firms
The economic implications for Northern Ireland
Growth and economic development
Northern Ireland’s voice in negotiations
Economic opportunities following Brexit
Chapter 3: The Irish land border and the Common Travel Area
The history of the land border and the Common Travel Area
Box 1: The operation of the Common Travel Area
The implications of Brexit for the Irish land border
The free movement of goods and UK membership of the customs union
The movement of people and the Common Travel Area
Box 2: The Common Travel Area in EU law
The implications for the cross-border free movement of EU
citizens
Reciprocal rights for UK and Irish citizens
Box 3: The status of Irish citizens under UK law
Case studies of cross-border cooperation
Police and security cooperation
Chapter 4: The impact on the peace process and on North-South
and East-West relations
The impact of Brexit on the peace process
The role of the EU in underpinning the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement
Box 4: The Belfast/Good Friday Agreement and EU membership and the ECHR
The transformative effect of common EU membership
Common EU membership and community identity
Is Brexit a threat to the peace process?
Table 1: European co-funded programmes in Northern Ireland 2007–2013
Table 2: European co-funded programmes in Northern Ireland 2014–2020
The impact on North-South and East-West relations
Box 5: The main institutional elements of Strands Two and
Three of the Belfast/Good Friday Agreement
The political context in Northern Ireland
The role and responsibility of the Northern Ireland Executive
The relationship between Belfast and the UK Government
The unique implications of Brexit for Ireland
Special status for Northern Ireland?
A bilateral UK-Ireland arrangement?
The role and responsibility of the EU and the other 26 Member
States
The role and responsibility of the Irish Government
The role and responsibility of the UK Government
Summary of conclusions and recommendations
Appendix 1: List of Members and declarations of interest
Evidence is published online at www.parliament.uk/brexit-uk-irish-relations and available for inspection at the Parliamentary Archives
(020 7129 3074).
Q in footnotes refers to a question in oral evidence.