Matt Shanahan (Waterford, Independent) | Oireachtas source

We all agree that the resumption of the Executive is needed to offer hope and better governance and administration of the Northern Ireland budget and economy. What might be on offer in the shared island initiative? When I look at Derry, I see many similarities with my own city of Waterford. That city has suffered from a lack of per capitaresourcing for its university and hospital, which is similar to Waterford. It aligns with the experience of Waterford, which has suffered because of political strategies, the interests of Dublin and the temporary government in Cork, which has denied resourcing to Waterford, the south east and the wider region. Why should Derry should consider that its place would be any better in a shared island initiative as it looks at the Government's continuing failure to provide per capitaresourcing to Waterford and the south east?

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