Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The Minister mentioned sustainable finance again. Has he asked his counterparts not to cut further the Northern Ireland Stormont Assembly block grant? If that is to continue, all the agreements will be undermined, because the funding is not available to go ahead with the changes required. It is a post-conflict situation. There is, as the Minister mentioned, a different society in the Six Counties which is more reliant in many ways on state investment than the rest of the island. The Minister, Westminster and all those who took part in all the agreements recognise the post-conflict situation in the North, yet the key part, the funding to the Assembly to carry out its duties, is being cut. The question remains. Has the Minister specifically asked his counterparts, when he met them, or has the Taoiseach specifically asked David Cameron, when he met him, not to cut the block grant to the Northern Ireland Stormont Assembly any further?

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