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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What steps is the Minister State taking to expedite the flood relief schemes to protect residents, businesses and local communities at risk? The people of Crossmolina in particular and in Ballina are still waiting. They people in Crossmolina are waiting for the River Deel flood relief scheme. When will the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, sign off on this scheme? I believe it is on his desk and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the fact he spoke about projects in Westport, Ballina and Crossmolina going ahead. I want to ask about Crossmolina in particular. The people there have been told that money has been ring-fenced for the work to go ahead. This week I was informed by the Minister that all work on environmental assessments and review is due to be completed in the...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State and I welcome this. I want to ask about Ballina and Westport. I know the Minister of State will agree that projects take a very long time. Is there some way they can be streamlined? I know everything has to go through environmental impact assessments but people's lives are being left on hold while all of these things are happening. There cannot be...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: 1. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the reason the north west has been allocated less funding under the European Regional Development Fund, ERDF, programme despite the purpose of the fund being to address regional inequality and the north west being the only region in the State not classified as a more developed region; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I want to ask the Minister of State the reason the north west has been allocated less funding under the ERDF programme despite the purpose of the fund being to address regional inequality and the north west being the only region in the State not classified as a more developed region. The European Regional Development Fund is specifically intended to address regional imbalances between and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Ireland was allocated €396 million in the EU funding for the ERDF programme. When the national co-financing is included, it allows spending and investment of more than €850 million across the State. The northern and western region is classified as disadvantaged compared with the southern region or eastern and midlands region. The north west is the only region of the State not...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: EU Funding (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I thank the Minister of State. I welcome the PEACEPLUS programme and look forward to it opening so it can be availed of. The west and north west of Ireland has been downgraded to a lagging region by the European Commission after becoming significantly poorer relative to the European average. The region's GDP per head of population has fallen from 82% of the EU average between 2015 and 2017...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: It is good to have the ESRI here today to discuss this as part of our constitutional future work that we are doing. We have divided it up into different themes and this is our economic section. Last week, we considered pensions and welfare and how that might look as well. I will focus my contributions on the opportunities for the future but it is important to acknowledge all the work...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I completely understand that. There is agreement across the board on our need to prepare and it is only how we prepare and how we develop the different questions and the answers to the questions that people have in their minds. Maybe I could ask Dr. Barrett to have a think about that. For us as a committee, what areas should we ask Government to consider? As the ESRI was doing its research...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. I completely get that. That would speak to the fact that there would be a positive impact on economic growth following a transition period if the policies are gotten right, and we can start doing that from now.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: What do the witnesses think are the most likely opportunities for economic growth in the event of reunification or a transition period?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: But we can look as to where expats are, whether we pay pensions and British people living in Spain, British people living in the South and so on.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I agree in a sense because then there are opportunities presented by Atlantic Technological University and that reach up to the Magee campus and all that. We are waiting for the all-island rail review as well. Again, that presents opportunities for connectivity and transport across the island as well. I very much hear what Dr. Barrett says. The ESRI states in one of the papers - it was...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I never heard anybody mention assets before. That is why it caught my eye.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: As regards education, Mr. McGuinness identifies: [L]arge gaps in educational attainment, and their implications for productivity, ... have been a major concern and should form a key part of any border poll discourse given that reforms to the education system aimed at improving NI productivity are likely to take time to design and implement. Has the ESRI identified any all-island...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Yes. I am watching the clock.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Has the ESRI identified any all-island opportunities around all that, how as an island we can work together to-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: Economies of scope as well. However, for example, there is no veterinary college in the North and we are now looking at opening another veterinary college here. What is important is that we have the accreditation for both sides of the Border. We cannot have a situation where we are designing courses that only fulfil the needs of half or part of the island. That also needs to be...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: I just want to make a short point in the remaining minute and a half.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement: The Economics of Northern Ireland and the All-island Economy: Economic and Social Research Institute (11 May 2023)

Rose Conway-Walsh: We are trying to assist the ESRI in what it is doing. In the submissions we made to the Central Statistics Office, CSO, on having congruence with the data North and South, we encouraged it through the Joint Committee on Finance and the Committee on Budgetary Oversight to talk to its counterpart in the North and have a formal arrangement there that will provide more data to assist the ESRI...