Debate contribution: Regional Balance Bill: Second Stage
Debate contribution by Mr Pádraig Delargy on .
- MLA
- Mr Pádraig Delargy
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 8 September 2026
- Type
- Debate contribution
- Business
- Private Members' Business
- Heading
- Regional Balance Bill: Second Stage
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 5674425
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I thank the Member for giving way. This is a brilliant Bill. It is about enhancement; I share in your comments on that. One of the things that can be enhanced — hopefully, we can do this at Committee Stage — is data sharing to ensure that we do not do something independently that has a potentially negative impact on economic plans in the South. I totally agree with the Member: it is about trying to get that collaborative piece across the board. It is about getting a data-sharing agreement to emerge from the Bill and consulting the Irish Government prior to that happening rather than after it. It is about having that ingrained in the Bill.
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