To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 19 January (HL3949) concerning the government of the Republic of Ireland and the Stormont House Agreement, whether the government of the Republic of Ireland was involved in all the topics discussed.

The Irish Government was not involved in all of the subjects discussed in the cross-party talks that led to the Stormont House Agreement. Its involvement was consistent with the well-established three-stranded approach to Northern Ireland affairs, meaning that the internal arrangements for Northern Ireland are for the UK Government and the Northern Ireland parties alone.