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Departmental Funding

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 October 2021

Tuesday, 12 October 2021

Questions (16, 17, 18)

Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

16. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the funding and strategic supports his Department and the shared island unit will provide to the North West City Region initiative. [49898/21]

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Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

17. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the funding and strategic supports his Department and the shared island unit will provide to the Irish Central Border Area Network. [49899/21]

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Mary Lou McDonald

Question:

18. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach the funding and strategic supports his Department and the shared island unit will provide to the East Border Region. [49900/21]

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Written answers

I propose to take Questions Nos. 16, 17 and 18 together.

There is a welcome increased focus and ambition for cross-border cooperation at local authority and regional levels, including through the North West City Region initiative, the Irish Central Border Area Network, the East Border Region and the Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor, with each initiative setting out an agreed statement of updated regional priorities this year.

I and a number of Government Ministers have engaged directly with these cross-border local authority initiatives in recent months to affirm the Government’s support for their work and readiness to collaborate with them, taking account of their regional development strategies and the Government’s commitments and objectives on a Shared Island as set out in Programme for Government.

The Shared Island investment priorities, as set out in the reviewed National Development Plan announced by the Government on 4 October, were developed taking account of consultation with the North West Strategic Growth Partnership, Irish Central Border Area Network, East Border Region and Dublin Belfast Economic Corridor initiative.

The Government will continue to support fully the work of cross-border local authority partnerships and pursue opportunities for collaborative investment and work in implementing the Shared Island NDP investment priorities.

The Shared Island unit in my Department is engaging with local authorities and the cross-border local authority forums on an ongoing basis. The unit is working in cooperation with Government Departments and Agencies which have the policy responsibility and resource management functions in respect of sectoral and thematic areas that pertain to cross-border cooperation by local authorities.

Question No. 17 answered with Question No. 16.
Question No. 18 answered with Question No. 16.
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