Irish in Britain have made a submission to the Comprehensive Review of Diaspora Policy announced by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore TD at the Global Irish Economic Forum in Dublin on 4 October 2013.
Under the title Giving and Getting: Working together for Diaspora engagement, the submission argues that Irish citizens resident overseas have a major contribution to make to Irish public life and makes four proposals for action:
- to end disenfranchisement of recent migrants
- to facilitate a Diaspora vote in Presidential elections
- to provide for Diaspora representation in the Oireachtas
- to appoint a minister for Diaspora engagement
This submission advances some of the arguments made by Irish in Britain in the submissions made to the Constitutional Convention.
Download Giving and Getting: Working together for Diaspora engagement (pdf)