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 Frances BlackFrances Black (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I will keep it short. I have one question, and I also want to get the opinion of the witnesses on something else. We know the shared island unit is doing phenomenal work. There is no doubt about that. The unit has been involved with work the ESRI has been doing. If the witnesses were to advise the shared island unit on priorities, what would their advice be? My second question is on the high-speed train. I recently saw a presentation by David Gavaghan. To be honest, I was blown away by it. They were talking about having a high-speed train from Belfast. It would take half an hour to get from Belfast to Dublin. How brilliant would that be? Housing problems could be solved if people could move to Belfast and work in Dublin, or vice versa. I would like the witnesses opinion on that.

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