Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 1 February 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement
All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed)
Mr. Martin Robinson:
On the impact, we continued in the time in question to have a strong relationship with both Departments for the economy, in the North and South. Obviously, there is an impact on some of the decision-making. We referred earlier to our headcount issues and some issues associated with those whereby there have been no decisions or whereby we have not been able to make decisions to increase the headcount where we see a greater opportunity. We feel that, with more good people in our organisation, we could do even more. That is probably one of the areas we would look to. Again, there are some implications, perhaps, regarding the governance of our board and its membership. However, with the restoration of the Executive – I am particularly looking forward to the return of a fully functioning North-South Ministerial Council – we expect to be able to resolve these issues to ensure full board membership and strong representation.
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