Dr. Seamus McGuinness:

It is within its power. The structural gaps we will talk about in education will show that the number of young people qualifying with further education qualifications is three times higher in the Republic than in the North. There is an issue with early school-leaving. Those are structural issues that need funding and need to be addressed through extra money. That includes the health service. Good policy needs to be put in place but there are structural issues that will need to be addressed through extra funding. If those are not addressed, then irrespective of how good the policy situation is, growth will still be constrained.