Written question AQW 54808/22-27

Written question by Mr Justin McNulty on .

MLA
Mr Justin McNulty
Party at the time
Social Democratic and Labour Party
Date
15 October 2026
Type
Written question
Assembly reference
AQW 54808/22-27
Department
Department for the Economy
Business
To the Minister for the Economy
Assembly identifier
Document 504521

Text

To ask the Minister for the Economy whether any assessment has been made of the finding presented in the 15 October Irish News article, Republic outstrips Northern Ireland significantly in health, education and economic outcomes, based on the book Before the Vote: Planning for a United Ireland, that in the years since the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, the economy in the north grew by an average of 1.3 per cent a year, compared to the south's 3.2 per cent.

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