Is the maritime jurisdiction Bill likely to be brought before the House at an early date? There may be implications for it arising from Brexit.

The Bill is due to be dealt with in this session and not before time. It is a matter that needs to be resolved.

A Programme for a Partnership Government contains an explicit provision guaranteeing the Good Friday Agreement in all its parts. The decision of the Upper Tribunal in the United Kingdom in the DeSouza case in October highlighted that the foundational birthright guarantee, that is, the right of citizens of Northern Ireland to identify and be accepted as British or Irish or both, was not reflected in British domestic law, policy or practice. The British Government's rationale, which was accepted by the tribunal, is divisive and worrying because it interprets the Good Friday Agreement as concerning only one's identity, not an entitlement to choose one's citizenship. What progress has the Tanáiste made in urging the British Government to give domestic legal effect immediately to the birthright provisions contained in the Good Friday Agreement?

I am aware that the Deputy has been concerned about this issue for some time. I am meeting later today the Secretary of State, with whom I have raised the DeSouza case on several occasions. I expect us to discuss it again this afternoon.