The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly is meeting in Tralee for its 68th plenary session.
Today and tomorrow the assembly will discuss a range of issues including Ireland-UK relations in a European context, cross-border cooperation, food security and sustainability.
The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly is meeting in The Rose Hotel; parliamentarians from Ireland, the United Kingdom, the Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories are meeting to discuss matters of mutual interest, and to strengthen parliamentary links across these islands.
This morning Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation Jack Chambers addressed the assembly.
He spoke about infrastructure and connectivity and the work being done to create a better future across the island.
He was questioned on energy security, connectivity and shared island cooperation, as well as the wars in Gaza and the Middle East.
Minister Chambers stated there was shared island cooperation in sport, culture, education, energy and security, adding it’s unprecedented what has happened in the past five years.
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Matthew Patrick also addressed the Assembly today, as did Giedruis Drukteinis, who is vice president of the Baltic Assembly.
Tomorrow, the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly will hear progress on the committee’s work and it’ll also hear from the Ireland-UK Youth Forum, while Professor Andrew Cottey, who is EU Jean Monnet Chair in European Political Integration at UCC, will lead the international issues discussion.
