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The Northern Ireland Protocol (DCU Brexit Institute)
18/11/2021 - 19/11/2021
DCU Brexit Institute Conference on the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland
Speakers including:
Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations
Simon Coveney TD, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ireland
More details and registration (required) here.
18 November 2021
Opening Statement by Simon Coveney TD, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ireland
Panel 1: The Context
Chair: Derek Hand, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, DCU
- UK: Devolution & disintegration – Michael Keating (Aberdeen)
- Northern Ireland: Demographics & divisions – Katy Hayward (QUB)
- Ireland: Developments & debates – Oran Doyle (TCD)
Panel 2: Human Rights and Cross-Border Cooperation Provisions
Chair: Christian Kaunert, DCU
- Non-Discrimination – Aoife O’Donoghue (Durham)
- Common Travel Area – Imelda Maher (UCD)
- North-South Cooperation – Rory O’Connell (UU)
19 November 2021
Keynote Speech by Maroš Šefčovič, Vice-President of the European Commission for Interinstitutional Relations
Panel 3: Economic Provisions
Chair: Christy Ann Petit, DCU Brexit Institute
- Customs and Movement of Goods – Niall Moran (DCU)
- Internal Market – Catherine Barnard (Cambridge University)
- Regulation and State Aid – Graham Butler (Aarhus University)
Panel 4: Governance Provisions
Chair: Sharon O’Brien, Associate Dean for Research, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, DCU
- Supervision and Dispute Resolution – Joris Larik (Leiden University)
- Safeguards – Robert Howse (NYU)
- Consent – Brendan O’Leary (University of Pennsylvania)