April 21, 2021
Murphy welcomes today’s North-South meeting of Ministers on trade and business

Speaking after today’s North South meeting of Ministers on trade and business chaired by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar, and attended by Executive Finance Minister, Conor Murphy and Economy Minister Diane Dodds, Mr Murphy said;

“I welcome the fact that today’s meeting has taken place and that the Executive was appropriately represented by both myself and Diane Dodds

“We discussed important matters of mutual interest on all-island trade and business development.

“Since the Executive was restored there have now been two plenary meetings of the Executive and Irish Government, involving all ministers across the island.

“There have also been over a dozen of these sectoral meetings held on a North-South basis involving ministers from the Executive and Irish Government across key areas of trade, health, education, tourism and the environment.

“The previous two sectoral meetings regrettably did not occur since no DUP Minister made themselves available to take part, so the fact that Diane Dodds did participate in today’s meeting is welcome.

“North-South co-operation between the Irish Government and the Executive is a central part of the Good Friday Agreement, so any departure from these structures would not be acceptable to Sinn Féin.

“Given the challenges of both Brexit and COVID it is paramount that there is consultation, co-operation and joint action between the two governments, the Executive and all ministers in how we can best meet these challenges now and in the future.”

Follow us online

Latest Tweets

Government can and must act to ease cost-of-childcare burden on parents – @Kathleensf1

“Sinn Féin is calling for the government to give families a break by cutting the cost of childcare by two thirds from 2022 levels.”

https://vote.sinnfein.ie/government-can-and-must-act-to-ease-cost-of-childcare-burden-on-parents-kathleen-funchion-td/

The negotiations between London and Brussels are finished, and from today the deal is being implemented.

It is now time to move forward.

Later this month a delegation of U.S business leaders will visit.

We must work together in an Executive to seize the new economic…

Garda roster dispute: While it isn't the Minister's job to negotiate the dispute, it IS her job to ensure that this dispute is negotiated.

It can be resolved, but unfortunately the Minister is just standing back. She needs to get in there and assist – @Martin_Kenny on #TWIP

📺 Sinn Féin spokesperson on Transport and Communications @Martin_Kenny will be live on @rtetwip today, from 12noon.

Watch here: https://www.rte.ie/player/onnow

#TWIP

Load More