Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 21 September 2023

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement

Finance and Economics: Discussion (Resumed)

Mr. John Boyle:

We are at the tail end of it. Some of these projects were for three or four years. I have a deep concern about the funding being cut for projects that have been developing well. The budget surpluses for the Irish Government look fairly good for the next few years. If it were able to come in and plug the gap, that would be fine, but the fact the funding was coming from the EU may have got more buy-in from the schools involved. There is concern that good work done to date might come to a shuddering stop. All of this comes back to Brexit.