The 65th plenary of the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly was held at the K Club Hotel, Straffan, Co. Kildare, from 22 to 24 October 2023.
Michael McGrath TD, Minister for Finance, Government of Ireland, made an opening address to the plenary
Other speakers at the 65th plenary included:
- Rt Hon Steve Baker MP, Minister of State for Northern Ireland, UK Government
- Ossian Smyth TD, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications
- Pamela Arthurs, Chief Executive, East Border Region
- His Excellency Paul Johnston, Ambassador of the United Kingdom to Ireland
- Lisa Vaughan, CEO, Tipperary Energy Agency.
- Eugene Conlon, Manager, Energy Team and the Market House, Dunleer, SEC.
Members discussed developing wind energy with a panel of representatives from the private sector, including:
- Noel Cunniffe, CEO, Wind Energy Ireland
- Niall Goodwin, Head of Policy, Wind Energy Ireland
- Marian Troy, Head of Corporate Affairs – Ireland, SSE
- Matt Pringle, Head of Public Affairs, SSE
Read the Assembly’s Programme of Business for the 65th plenary here.
Read the speeches and contributions made at the 65th plenary here.
The Assembly adopted a report from Committee A (Sovereign Matters) on Protecting the Common Travel Area in the Post-Brexit era. Read the report here.
The Assembly debated and adopted resolutions as follows:
RECENT POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS
That this Assembly has considered recent political developments.
PROTECTING THE COMMON TRAVEL AREA IN THE POST-BREXIT ERA
That the Assembly takes note of the Report from Committee A (Sovereign Matters) on protecting the Common Travel Area in the post-Brexit era, and the conclusions and recommendations of the Committee, which should be forwarded to both governments for their observations and to the relevant committees of the UK Parliament and the Houses of the Oireachtas for their information.