Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 8 December 2020

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

The Northern Ireland Economy: Discussion

Photo of Brendan SmithBrendan Smith (Cavan-Monaghan, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I have a very brief question to put to Professors FitzGerald and Morgenroth. We have seen the all-Ireland economy grow, thankfully, due to the Good Friday Agreement and the new structures that were put in place. With the fallout that there will be from the Covid-19 pandemic and, in particular, Brexit - no matter what type of Brexit occurs - what would our guests advise the Government about making investments in the economy on an all-Ireland basis? What would they recommend as a major type of investment in human capital and in physical infrastructure that could help to mitigate the effects of the pandemic and Brexit, particularly in the less developed regions of our country, such as the central Border area?

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