Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Committee on European Union Affairs
Engagement with Representatives of the Regional Assemblies
2:00 am
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Louth, Sinn Fein)
Dundalk Chamber of Commerce will be delighted Mr. Power has brought up the Dublin-Belfast corridor, so I thank him for that. This is a follow-on question. The witnesses have laid out what they have seen as the flaws in the system and how it could work really well, and we get that. There should be a better framework, better buy-in, better resourcing and more sets of chains so everybody knows. I could do with a couple of them myself. In fairness, I get it. When it works it works and it is as simple as that. Will the witnesses give us an example of some work regarding funding or whatever that has worked but could work better in a better framework and how that can be done? Does anyone have almost a battle plan or a proposal for how this could work and be integrated so we could do something more? There is an onus on us and whoever else from a point of view of ensuring it gets in front of someone, goes on the agenda and we make it happen as best we can. We could have this same conversation next year, no more than when we talk about the lack of powers that exist at local authority level.
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