Motion or amendment: Job Creation and Cross-Border Co-operation in the North West
Motion or amendment by Mr Matthew O'Toole on .
- MLA
- Mr Matthew O'Toole
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 18 February 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Job Creation and Cross-Border Co-operation in the North West
- Assembly identifier
- Document 428702
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Job Creation and Cross-Border Co-operation in the North West
That this Assembly recognises the significant economic opportunities available in the North West in areas such as health and life sciences, renewable energy, regulated manufacturing and fintech; notes the significant potential benefits of dual market access for each of these sectors; further notes the potential of a Derry-Letterkenny economic corridor as a key driver of regional growth; calls on the Minister for the Economy to work with Executive colleagues and counterparts in the Irish Government to develop an economic task force for the North West City Region, ensuring coordinated investment, infrastructure improvements, skills development and sectoral growth initiatives on both sides of the border; and further calls on the Minister to work with Invest NI, InterTradeIreland, the North West Tertiary Education Cluster and the Industrial Development Agency Ireland to produce, by September 2025, a joint strategy to attract inward investment, support local enterprise partnerships, and fully utilise the opportunities presented by dual market access.
163 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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