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.”
