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Full question: Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statements? – A NI Assembly election should not be postponed again regardless of what is happening in UK-EU talks on the Protocol

All questions relevant to this website that were asked on the same poll:

• How much do you agree/disagree with the statement: ‘Brexit is on balance a good thing for the United Kingdom’?
• How much do you agree/disagree with the statement that ‘The Protocol is on balance a good thing for Northern Ireland’?
• How would you like the MLAs for whom you vote in the 2022 Assembly election to vote in 2024 on the Protocol?
• How much do you agree/disagree with the statement that ‘Particular arrangements for Northern Ireland are necessary to manage the effects of Brexit’?
• How much do you agree/disagree that with the grace periods in effect, the Protocol provides an appropriate means for managing the effects of Brexit for Northern Ireland?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on the political stability of Northern Ireland?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on the economy of Northern Ireland?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on Northern Ireland’s place in the UK internal market?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on Northern Ireland’s constitutional place in the UK?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on the Good Friday Agreement?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on North South cooperation on the island of Ireland?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on British Irish relations?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on UK-EU relations?
• What is your assessment of the current impact of the Protocol on ensuring no diminution of individual rights as set out in the Good Friday Agreement?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the UK Government when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Northern Ireland Executive when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Irish Government when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the European Commission/European Union when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Alliance Party when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust Sinn Féin when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Traditional Unionist Voice (TUV) when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust the Northern Ireland Civil Service when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• To what extent do you trust/distrust Northern Ireland Business Representatives when it comes to managing the interests of Northern Ireland with respect to the Protocol?
• If the UK and the EU agreed to a reduction on required checks and controls on goods moving from Great Britain to Northern Ireland, how would you like MLAs to vote in 2024 on the Protocol?
• If an election to the NI Assembly were held in future, how important do you think a candidate’s position on the Protocol would be for your vote?
• Do you have any concerns about the full operational scope and impact of the Protocol?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘The Protocol provides Northern Ireland with a unique set of post-Brexit economic opportunities compared to the rest of the UK which if exploited could benefit Northern Ireland’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘A NI Assembly election should not be postponed again regardless of what is happening in UK-EU talks on the Protocol’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘The jurisdiction of the EU Court of Justice under the Protocol would be acceptable if UK-EU disputes were first considered by an independent panel of experts’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘The Protocol should be removed before power-sharing is restored in Northern Ireland’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘The Northern Ireland Assembly and Executive should be fully functioning regardless of what happens on the Protocol’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘The EU’s change to its laws in 2022 will avoid disruptions to supplies of medicines to Northern Ireland’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘The UK and EU should commit to a regular consultation with Northern Ireland stakeholders and political representatives on how the Protocol is implemented’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘The UK should pursue closer relations with the EU under the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) to reduce the need for formalities, checks and controls on the movements of goods from Great Britain and Northern Ireland’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘Checks and controls are necessary on goods moving into Northern Ireland from Great Britain that have to meet EU standards (e.g., for sale in the Republic of Ireland)’?
• Based on your present experience of Brexit and the Protocol, do you agree/disagree with the following statement: ‘Representatives of the Northern Ireland Assembly should be included in the work of the UK-EU Parliamentary Partnership Assembly’?