Good Friday Committee to receive update on the work of the Shared Island Unit

The meeting will take place in Committee Room 4 of Leinster House between 09:30-12:30.

The following representatives are due to appear:

 - Émer Deane, Assistant Secretary General, British Irish and Northern Ireland Affairs Division and Shared Island unit, Department of the Taoiseach
- Eoghan Duffy, Principal Officer, Shared Island unit, Department of the Taoiseach

Speaking ahead of the meeting, Committee Cathaoirleach Deputy Fergus O’Dowd said: “The Shared Island initiative which has been in existence since 2020 is taken forward on a whole-of-Government basis by Ministers and their Departments and Agencies, working with Northern Ireland and UK counterparts.”

“A range of new funding allocations was announced last month by the Government as part of the Shared Island initiative to deliver cross-border investment and cooperation.”

“The return of the power-sharing Executive and the Northern Ireland Assembly last month is hugely important for Northern Ireland and for what can be achieved through the Good Friday Agreement and provides an improved context for taking forward the Shared Island commitments. We look forward to hearing its plans for the coming year.”

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