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Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...by name or in such a way as to make him, her or it identifiable or otherwise engage in speech might be regarded as damaging to the good name of that person or entity. Members are reminded of the long-standing parliamentary practice to the effect that they should not comment on, criticise or make charges against a person outside the Houses or an official either by name or in such a way...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Fergus O'Dowd: ...from the UK and even a contribution from some other places like America that have always had an intense interest in Ireland? In other words, could that figure of €20 billion be reduced by having a long-term pact in the interests of peace and prosperity on the island? I presume the North would be going back into the European Union, so that could be a game-changer as well. Do the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

...time, we are definitely looking at more than a decade. That is the experience, as I mentioned earlier, as regards German reunification. It is more likely five decades than one decade. It takes a long time to change things. Deputy Smith is absolutely right that there are a lot of North-South benefits, and without those benefits the Border region and Northern Ireland would be much...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

...conducted between the British Empire and what was an insurgent revolutionary government. If anything, one of the lessons of the Brexit negotiations in recent years is that the British Empire is long dead and gone and Ireland is not left begging for crumbs from London's table, and has not been for a long long time. The 21st-century reality is that the British State is under an...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

.... I have been involved in some of this, including in the context of EU structural funds, looking at regions throughout the European Union. The evidence simply is that growth in weaker regions takes a long time. A decade is almost like a heartbeat in regional development terms. The structural issues that lead regions to be poorer tend to take a long time to overcome, if you overcome...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

...of the eurozone and the EU, is required to adhere to certain fiscal frameworks. We are required to have a deficit of less than 3%. Otherwise we end up in a procedure. We had one not all that long ago. We will have to find the money to spend on whatever the subvention might be - we can debate the numbers for a long time - and it will have an implication either for our deficits or our...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Frances Black: .... This is about planning and preparing. That is why, in fairness to the Cathaoirleach, he has agreed to host these meetings on planning and preparing. Professor Morgenroth mentioned earlier the long-term benefits to Germany of unification. Will he say a little more about that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Frances Black: Were there long-term economic benefits?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

...: The best we could expect is that it keeps the debt and that pensions continue to be paid out of income in Northern Ireland. This would be my best guess. If I were the UK I would see some long-term savings from not having to fund Northern Ireland so this might be reasonable.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: ...I apologise, because I had to go to the Chamber for questions to the Minister for public expenditure while the witnesses were here. We agree, however, that it is critical that when they go to vote, and long before then, that people will know exactly what it will mean for their families, for themselves and so on and that we can project that into the future. Macroeconomic modelling is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: All-Ireland Economy: Discussion (Resumed) (2 May 2024)

Rose Conway-Walsh: My point, however, is that there is life long learning and education investment. One of the most significant things I found in making comparisons between North and South was the introduction of the DEIS programme here and the difference that made. Were a DEIS programme introduced tomorrow morning, looking at the socioeconomic factors that are impacting education, I do not agree with the...