British-Irish Council

Membership and operation

Membership of the Council consists of the following administrations as of January 2018:

Member Administration	Representative (s)			title
Guernsey			Deputy Gavin St Pier	Chief Minister
Isle of Man			Howard Quayle , MHK	Chief Minister
ireland			Leo Varadkar , TD	Taoiseach
Jersey			Senator Ian Gorst	Chief Minister
Northern Ireland [4]			vacant, MLA	Executive Office
			vacant, MLA	Executive Office
Scotland			Nicola Sturgeon , MSP	First Minister
United Kingdom			Theresa May , MP	Prime Minister
Wales			Carwyn Jones , AM	First Minister

The nine heads of government meet at summits twice per year. In addition, there are regular meetings that deal with specific sectors and are attended by the corresponding ministers. Representatives of the United States of America in the United States of America.

England, unlike the other countries of the United Kingdom, is not represented separately, as it does not have its own devolved administration. It is also represented on the Council of the United Kingdom.

The work of the Council is financed by mutual agreement as required. ^[5] At the meeting of the Council, ^{[ when? ]} It was Decided That with devolved government returned to Northern Ireland timely That year Existed time „to undertake a strategic review of the Council’s work program, working methods and media arrangements.“ This decision included the potential for a permanent standing secretariat, which was established in Edinburgh , Scotland , on January 4, 2012.

At its June 2010 summit, the Council decided to move forward on recommendations to enhance the relationship between it and the British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly (BIPA). The British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly is made up of members of the parliaments and assemblies of the same states and regions of the British-Irish Council. The Council is working with BIPA’s secretariat.

In addition to The Above members Cornwall has-been a full member since 2010 observed due to the Cornish language falling under the Council’s areas of work. ^[6]

Work areas

The Council agrees to specific work areas. The Belfast Agreement suggests transport links, agriculture, environmental issues, culture, health, education and approaches to the European Union . However, these work areas can be expanded or reduced to the Council decides. It is also open to the Council to make agreements on common policies. These agreements are made through consensus, although individual members may opt out of any of these.

The current list of work areas and the responsible member are:

The meeting was adopted at the 2006 meeting of the Council. It was proposed by the Scottish Executive , who also took responsibility for it. During the 2007 meeting of the Council the Scottish Government further Top That Proposed Energy Become a work area of the Council. Past work sector areas included knowledge economy, e-health / telemedicine and tourism.

Name of the Council

Initial suggestions for the council included in the names of the Council of the British Isles ^[7] or Council of the Isles , ^[8] and the council has been known by the latter name. However, owing to sensibilities around the term British Isles , particularly in Ireland, the name British-Irish Council was agreed.

The official name of the council is represented in the minority and used by the council as

Summits

	Dated	Host	Host leader (s)	Location held
1st	December 17, 1999	England	Tony Blair	London	[1]
2nd	November 30, 2001	ireland	Bertie Ahern	Dublin	[2]
3rd	14 June 2002	Jersey	Pierre Horsfall	Saint Helier	[3]
4th	22 November 2002	Scotland	Jack McConnell	New Lanark	[4]
5th	November 28, 2003	Wales	Rhodri Morgan	St. Fagans National History Museum , Cardiff	[5]
6th	28 November 2004	Guernsey	Laurie Morgan	Castle Cornet	[6]
7th	May 20, 2005	Isle of Man	Donald Gelling	Villa Marina, Douglas	[7]
8th	2 June 2006	England	John Prescott	ExCeL Conference Center , London	[8]
9th	July 16, 2007	Northern Ireland	Ian Paisley Martin McGuinness	Parliament Buildings , Belfast	[9]
10th	February 14, 2008	ireland	Bertie Ahern	Royal Hospital Kilmainham , Dublin	[10]
11th	26 September 2008	Scotland	Alex Salmond	Hopetoun House , South Queensferry	[11]
12th	February 20, 2009	Wales	Rhodri Morgan	SWALEC Stadium , Cardiff	[12]
13th	November 13, 2009	Jersey	Terry Sweat	Radisson Hotel , Saint Helier	[13]
14th	25 June 2010	Guernsey	Lyndon Trott	Fermain Valley Hotel, St. Peter Port	[14]
15th	December 13, 2010	Isle of Man	Tony Brown	Sefton Hotel, Douglas	[15]
16th	20 June 2011	England	Nick Clegg	Lancaster House , London	[16]
17th	13 January 2012	ireland	Enda Kenny	Dublin Castle , Dublin	[17]
18th	22 June 2012	Scotland	Alex Salmond	Stirling Castle , Stirling	[18]
19th	26 November 2012	Wales	Carwyn Jones	Cardiff Castle , Cardiff	[19]
20th	21 June 2013	Northern Ireland	Peter Robinson Martin McGuinness	Magee College , Derry ~ Londonderry	[20]
21st	November 15, 2013	Jersey	Ian Gorst	The Horizon Hotel, Saint Brelade	[21]
22nd	13 June 2014	Guernsey	Jonathan Le Tocq	St. Peter Park Hotel, St. Peter Port	[22]
23rd	28 November 2014	Isle of Man	Allan Bell	Villa Marina Complex, Douglas	[23]
24th	19 June 2015	ireland	Enda Kenny	Dublin Castle , Dublin	[24]
25th	27 November 2015	England	Theresa Villiers	Lancaster House , London	[25]
26th	17 June 2016	Scotland	Nicola Sturgeon	Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow	[26]
27th Extraordinary	22 July 2016	Wales	Carwyn Jones	Cathays Park , Cardiff	[27]
28th	November 25, 2016	Wales	Carwyn Jones	Cathays Park , Cardiff	[28]
29th	November 10, 2017	Jersey	Ian Gorst	The Horizon Hotel, St. Brelade	[29]

See also

• Council of Ireland
• North / South Ministerial Council
• British-Irish Intergovernmental Conference
• British-Irish Parliamentary Assembly

References