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Roghchoiste Speisialta an Tseanad Um an Ríocht Aontaithe Do Tharraingt Siar As an Aontas Eorpach Roghchoiste Speisialta an tSeanad um an Ríocht Aontaithe do Tharraingt Siar as an Aontas Eorpach Brexit: Na hImpleachtaí agus na Réitigh Ionchasacha Iarscríbhinn 1 Na Ráitis Oscailte a soláthraíodh don Choiste Meitheamh 2017 _________________ Seanad Special Select Committee Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union Brexit: Implications and Potential Solutions Annex 1 Opening Statements provided to the Committee June 2017 1 | P a g e 32/SSSCWUKEU/01 Contents Opening Statements of Former Taoisigh .................................................................................. 5 Mr Bertie Ahern .................................................................................................................... 5 Mr John Bruton ................................................................................................................... 13 Opening Statements by Former Ministers of Foreign Affairs ................................................. 27 Mr Eamon Gilmore ............................................................................................................. 27 Mr Dermot Ahern ............................................................................................................... 32 Opening Statements on Implications for the Irish Economy of Hard and Soft Exit Scenarios 35 Central Bank of Ireland - Mr Gabriel Fagan, Chief Economist ............................................ 35 Enterprise Ireland – Mr Kevin Sherry, Executive Director, Ms Anne Lanigan, Manager of Brexit Unit and Mr Garrett Murray, Manager .................................................................... 39 Ibec - Mr Arnold Dillon, Brexit Campaign Lead and Mr Gerard Brady, Ibec Senior Economist ........................................................................................................................... 44 Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland – Mr Ciarán Fitzgerald, Agri-Food Economist ..... 47 The Bar of Ireland - Mr Paul McGarry SC, Chairman of the Bar of Ireland and Chairman of the Working Group on Brexit ............................................................................................. 52 British Irish Chamber of Commerce – Mr John McGrane, Director General ...................... 63 Insurance Ireland - Mr Kevin Thompson, CEO .................................................................... 70 Small Firms Association – Ms Patricia Callan, Director....................................................... 73 Dublin City Council - Cllr Paul McAuliffe, Former Chair of the Economic Development, Enterprise & International Relations Strategic Policy Committee and Mr Greg Swift, Head of Enterprise and Economic Development, Dublin City Council Dublin ............................. 77 Opening Statements on Relations between the State and Northern Ireland ........................ 82 Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB) Ms Gina McIntyre, CEO ........................................ 82 Ireland/Northern Ireland Border Corridor Local Authority Group: Cllr PJ O’Hanlon, Cathaoirleach, Monaghan County Council, Mr John Kelpie, Chief Executive, Derry City & Strabane District Council, Mrs Joan Martin, Chief Executive, Louth County Council, Cllr Stephen McCann, Chairman, Fermanagh & Omagh District Council ............................... 102 Border Communities Against Brexit – Mr Damian McGenity, Mr JJ O'Hara and Mr John Sheridan ............................................................................................................................ 105 Dr Duncan Morrow, Director of Community Engagement, Ulster University .................. 111 Dr Mary C. Murphy - Lecturer and Jean Monnet Chair in European Integration Department of Government, University College Cork ..................................................... 126 Opening Statements on Citizenship Rights........................................................................... 132 Professor Colin Harvey, School of Law, Queen’s University Belfast ................................. 132 2 | P a g e Irish Council for Civil Liberties – Mr Liam Herrick, Executive Director ............................. 138 Mr Michael Farrell ........................................................................................................... 146 Opening Statements on Common Travel Area ..................................................................... 150 Department of Justice and Equality - Mr Noel Waters, Secretary General ...................... 150 Dundalk Chamber of Commerce - Mr Michael Gaynor, President, Dundalk Chamber of Commerce ........................................................................................................................ 154 Opening Statements on Agriculture ..................................................................................... 156 Teagasc - Professor Gerry Boyle, Director ........................................................................ 156 Food Drink Ireland and Meat Industry Ireland – Mr Paul Kelly, Director ......................... 163 Macra na Ferime – Mr James Healy, National President ................................................. 167 Irish Farmers Association (IFA) - Mr Joe Healy, President ................................................ 174 Ulster Farmers’ Union – Mr Barclay Bell, President and Mr Wesley Aston, Chief Executive .......................................................................................................................................... 181 Irish Creamery and Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) - Mr John Comer, President ..... 185 The Irish Thoroughbred Industry (ITBA) - Mr Shane O’Dwyer, CEO ................................. 190 Alliance for Racing and Breeding - Ms Elizabeth Headon, Spokesperson ........................ 194 Opening Statements on Transport ....................................................................................... 198 National Transport Authority – Ms Anne Graham, Chief Executive Officer ..................... 198 Airlines for America - Mr Sean Kennedy, Senior Vice-President ...................................... 202 Iarnród Éireann – Mr Barry Kenny, Corporate Communications Manager ...................... 206 Freight Transport Association Ireland (FTA Ireland)- Mr Aidan Flynn, General Manager 209 Opening Statements on Energy ............................................................................................ 217 EirGrid - Ms Rosemary Steen, Executive Director External Affairs and Mr Rodney Doyle, Executive Director Market Operations ............................................................................. 217 Gas Networks Ireland - Ms Claire Madden, Head of Legal & Regulation and Mr Padraic O’Connell, Head of HR & Public Affairs............................................................................ 221 SSE Ireland - Mr Stephen Wheeler, Managing Director ................................................... 226 Opening Statements on Welfare, Health and Education ..................................................... 230 British Medical Association (BMA) Northern Ireland - Dr John D. Woods, Chair ............. 230 Irish Medical Organisation - Dr Ann Hogan, President and Professor Trevor Duffy, Chair of the IMO International Affairs Committee ........................................................................ 235 Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) – Mr Liam Doran, General Secretary . 239 Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed (INOU) - Ms Bríd O'Brien, Head of Policy and Media ......................................................................................................................... 243 European Youth Forum – Mr David Garrahy, Head of Policy and Advocacy .................... 250 Irish Congress of Trade Unions ( ICTU) – Ms Patrician King, General Secretary and Mr Peter Rigney, Industrial Officer......................................................................................... 252 3 | P a g e Science Foundation Ireland - Professor Mark WJ Ferguson, Director General and Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government of Ireland .............................................................. 254 Trinity College Dublin - Mr Tom Molloy, Director of Public Affairs and Communication 263 Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) – Ms Anne McHugh, Chief Executive, Donegal ETB and Mr Michael Moriarty, General Secretary, ETBI .................................... 264 Opening Statements on Future of the EU ............................................................................ 270 European Movement Ireland - Ms Noelle O Connell, Executive Director ........................ 270 Professor Anthony Coughlan, Director, The National Platform EU Research and Information Centre and Associate Professor Emeritus in Social Policy, TCD ................... 274 Opening Statements on All-island Organisations ................................................................. 278 Foras na Gaeilge - Mr Seán Ó Coinn, CEO and Mr Shane Ó hEidhin, Director of Corporate Services ............................................................................................................................. 278 Horse Racing Ireland - Mr Brian Kavanagh, CEO .............................................................. 290 Loughs Agency - Mrs Sharon McMahon, Designated Officer and Mr Barry Fox, Director of Aquaculture and Shellfisheries ......................................................................................... 293 Tourism Ireland – Mr Niall Gibbons, CEO and Mr Shane Clark, Director of Corporate Services and
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