Chambers Ireland Welcomes Political Support for Deal to Restore Stormont
Chambers Ireland this evening (10 January 2020) welcomes news that there is support for the deal to restore Stormont’s political institutions.
Speaking this evening, Chambers Ireland Chief Executive Ian Talbot said,
“The absence of
power-sharing in Northern Ireland for nearly three years has been keenly felt
on both sides of the border and so we welcome this evening’s development.
Many issues will require the attention of the Stormont Assembly in the coming
weeks and months, not least of all, Brexit and the impact it will have on the
business community across the island.
Over the past two decades
the all-island economy has flourished through cross-border co-operation. This
co-operation is now more important than ever.
With the restoration of Stormont, we also hope to see the return of regular
meetings of the North-South Ministerial Council in the near future.
Brexit is not the only challenge facing our economy. There must be more
strategic collaboration between our Government and that of Northern Ireland on
issues such as investment in infrastructure, transport, decarbonisation and
tourism. In particular, we would like to see closer alignment between our own
National Development Plan and Planning Framework with regional development
plans in Northern Ireland.”
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