Sinn F\u00e9in\u2019s spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Se\u00e1n Crowe TD, has challenged the British Ambassador to Ireland over his Government\u2019s approach to Brexit. The exchange came during a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on European Union Affairs with the Ambassador to discuss the British Government\u2019s plans for withdrawing from the EU.<\/p>\n
Deputy Se\u00e1n Crowe said:<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to thank Ambassador Barnett for meeting with the Committee in public session today.<\/p>\n
\u201cI informed the Ambassador that his Government\u2019s approach to Brexit will have a detrimental impact on Ireland and that they have no mandate to drag the North of Ireland out of the EU, undermine the Good Friday Agreement, and place a hard border on this island.<\/p>\n
\u201cI told him that Sinn F\u00e9in has a mandate and duty to defend the democratic wish of the cross-community majority in the North who have not consented to leave or be dragged out of the EU by the British Government. We will not let the British Government use Brexit to unravel the progress of the past 20 years.<\/p>\n
\u201cSinn F\u00e9in is calling for special designated status for the North within the EU. This is supported by the majority of parties in the D\u00e1il and by the majority of MLAs who were elected in the recent Assembly Elections. It is a realistic and achievable solution.<\/p>\n
\u201cI also raised my concerns with the British Government\u2019s commitment to scrap the Human Rights Act and end the jurisdiction of the European Court of Justice and the European Convention on Human Rights, which would directly violate the Good Friday and subsequent Agreements.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Crowe continued:<\/p>\n
\u201cI questioned Ambassador Barnett on his Government\u2019s plan for a trade agreement with the EU and whether they were planning to establish themselves as a low wage tax haven, as the Labour opposition has claimed.<\/p>\n
\u201cLastly I raised my concerns that senior Tory figures have called for Prime Minister May to defend the colony of Gibraltar by war if necessary.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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