Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 10 May 2017

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs

Development and Co-operation in Border Counties: Discussion (Resumed)

2:10 pm

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Before beginning, I should say I worked on an InterTradeIreland programme when I was much younger. It was the Focus programme and we worked with a firm in Armagh, so I have good experience with regard to the delivery of services that involve InterTradeIreland. From my perspective, it is one of the most useful organisations. The all-island economy is not operating at the level it should and trade flows North and South are at lower levels than possible. If we harvested the all-Ireland economy to its full extent, we would be far better off economically North and South. Really good steps have been taken by the organisation in that regard. How many businesses would consume InterTradeIreland services on an annual basis?

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