Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 11 May 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute

Photo of Emer CurrieEmer Currie (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

People like me will vote for a united Ireland or a new Ireland. However, as we have seen in polls, some people, particularly in the South, want to know how much it would cost. There are concerns in the North about how reunification would affect people's standard of living. The figures are stark. Are our guests telling me that since the Good Friday Agreement, productivity in the Northern Ireland economy has fallen by 40%?

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