Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 18 January 2024

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

PEACEPLUS Programme: Special EU Programmes Body

Ms Gina McIntyre:

Yes. I will speak on behalf of all the North-South bodies in response to that. It goes further for us when it comes to resourcing. We could have said we do not have the resources to roll out PEACEPLUS because we have not had a decision made that gives us the staff we require to roll this out and we are doing the best we can with what we have got. Our sponsor Departments have been very supportive in allowing us to put in temporary arrangements and see what we can do. They are very supportive in that regard, but there is only so far we can all go with no ministerial decisions on staffing. We could have said this is a crisis moment and we cannot roll the programme out, but we would not do that. We will just do what we can. It may take a bit longer, but we will do what we can.

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