Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

Improving Investment Opportunities in the Wider Economy: Discussion

10:00 am

Photo of Gerry HorkanGerry Horkan (Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I know Mr. McDowell is under a little bit of time pressure but I hope he is available for a couple of more questions. A number of the bank's projects tend to be cross-Border inter-country projects, such as motorways and bridges. In Ireland's case we are not able to tap into this potential in the same way as other countries because we are an island. Pre-Brexit or without Brexit we might have argued there is potential for projects with the North of Ireland. Is there any way we can harness or tap into this? Geographically we are where we are, but is there scope for us getting involved?

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