Impact of devolution on cross-border commerce Aidan Gough and Eoin Magennis (InterTradeIreland) IBIS seminar, 6 February 2009
“cold denying silence” that descended on this island for too long in the past century and resulted in a process of “friction and frission” Conor Brady
‘Unless you achieve economic transformation, you can’t have a stable society.’ Sir George Quigley (March 2007) ‘Economic progress is crucial to the political forces that favour peace’ Portland Trust (May 2007) Economics and Peacemaking
British Subvention to Northern Ireland
Employment in the Public Sector
Participation Rates in Further and Higher Education
Unemployment in Northern Ireland
Troubles Related Deaths
“A Body to exchange information and co-ordinate work on trade, business development and related matters, in areas where the two administrations specifically agree it would be in their mutual interest.” The Belfast Agreement, Six Cross-Border Bodies InterTradeIreland
Institutional Arrangements Northern Ireland Assembly & Executive North-South Ministerial Council Irish Government InterTradeIreland Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment
InterTradeIreland Political Economic Cross Border All Island Trade Competitiveness 1998 NOW
Cross-Border Trade Statistics
Cross-Border Tourism Statistics
Cross-Border Traffic Volumes
Cross-Border Bus and Rail Travel Statistics
Cross-Border Student Flows
Cross-Border Public and EU Investment Flows
Create gains in trade and investment; Generate economies of scale; Deliver more efficient and effective public services; Promote wider economic benefits Reduce market failures Open new or ‘missing’ markets Deliver more balanced regional development Cross-Border Opportunities in the Current Economic Climate