Committee A - Sovereign Matters
Sovereign matters
Committee A considers sovereign matters of relevance to both Britain and Ireland. It has examined and made recommendations on a number of important issues over the last 20 years.
These include:
- The workings of the Anglo-Irish Agreement
- Extradition and transfer of prisoners
- Co-operation between policing services
- Freedom of movement between Britain and Ireland
Members
It is made-up of six members from each of the British and Irish parliaments. Its members are:
Jim O'Keeffe TD (Chair)
Michael Mates TD (Vice-Chair)
Baroness Blood
Senator John Carty
Lord Cope of Berkley
Lord Dubs
Brian Hayes TD
Andrew MacKinlay MP
Dinny McGinley TD
Lord Smith of Clifton
Rory O'Hanlon TD
Sighle Doherty (Clerk)
Adrian Jenner (Shadow Clerk)
Reports
Report on Cross Border Cooperation between Police Forces, July 2008
Report on Barriers to Trade, January 2007
Report on Mutual Recognition of Penalty Points, October 2003
Interim Report on Penalty Points, July 2003
Government Responses
Government Response to the Report on Cross Border Cooperation between Police Forces, November 2005