Frontier Workers: Northern Ireland

(asked on 21st November 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Exiting the European Union :

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether residents of Northern Ireland who work in the Republic of Ireland for less than half of the working week would be classified as frontier workers, as defined by article 9(b) of the draft agreement on the withdrawal of the UK from the EU.


Answered by
Lord Callanan Portrait
Lord Callanan
Shadow Minister (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 4th December 2018

The Withdrawal Agreement provides for the maintenance of the Common Travel Area arrangements, so British and Irish citizens will continue to be able to live and work in each other’s state just as they do now.

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