12 Samh 2014, 18:43
The delegation from the Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement will tomorrow (Thursday 13 November) travel to the site of the Narrow Water bridge and nearby towns to assess progress in the delivery of a crucial piece of infrastructure for the border region.
12 November 2014
Committee Members will meet with members and officials from Louth County Council, Newry and Mourne District Council, Down local authorities and the East Border Region. The delegation will also hear from local business representatives from both sides of the border on the economic imperative for the project. (see agenda below)
Committee Chairman Frank Feighan TD says: “There is longstanding, unanimous support among Committee Members for the Narrow Water bridge project and look forward to meeting local authority members and officials as well as business leaders tomorrow. Through our many meetings on the issue, we are acutely aware that fully that delivery of this project is fundamentally about people, and not politics. With 3.1 million people living within one hour of the North Louth/South Down region, the tourism potential of such a connection between the Mournes and the Cooleys will no doubt be emphasised. It will be an opportunity to meet first hand with many local leaders who have been to the forefront of a campaign for the bridge which precedes the peace process.”
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Oireachtas Committee on the Implementation of Good Friday Agreement
Agenda for Thursday, 13th November 2014
10.30 am Arrival at Narrow Water Bridge site (by coach)
Overview Gerry Kelly, County Engineer, Louth County Council
10.55 am Depart site
11.00 am Arrival Warrenpoint Town Hall
11.15 am Meeting with Louth/NMDC/Down Local Authorities and East Border Region
12.15 pm Meeting Warrenpoint/Kilkeel Chambers of Commerce
1.15 pm Depart Warrenpoint for Newry
1.30 pm Working Lunch, Canal Court Hotel, Newry
2.45 pm Meet Dundalk/Newry Chambers of Commerce, Canal Court Hotel, Newry
3.45 pm Overview of funded Reconciliation and INTERREG IVA funded projects, Canal Court Hotel, Newry
Committee Membership
Deputies:
Seán Conlan, Fine Gael
Seán Crowe, Sinn Féin
Clare Daly, Independent
Regina Doherty, Fine Gael
Frank Feighan, Fine Gael (Chairman)
Martin Ferris, Sinn Féin
Peter Fitzpatrick, Fine Gael
Michael P. Kitt, Fianna Fáil
Joe O’Reilly, Fine Gael (Vice-Chairman)
Thomas Pringle, Independent
Ruairí Quinn, Labour
Brendan Smith, Fianna Fáil
Joanna Tuffy, Labour
Jack Wall, Labour
Senators:
Maurice Cummins, Fine Gael
Jim D’Arcy, Fine Gael
Mary Moran, Labour
Mary White, Fianna Fáil