Motion or amendment: Assessing Economic Trends on the Island of Ireland

Motion or amendment by Miss Deirdre Hargey on 12 January 2026.

MLA: Miss Deirdre Hargey
Party at the time: Sinn Féin
Date: 12 January 2026
Type: Motion or amendment
Business: Motion · Private Members' Motion
Heading: Assessing Economic Trends on the Island of Ireland
Assembly identifier: Document 465929

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Assessing Economic Trends on the Island of Ireland
That this Assembly recognises the significance of the Economic and Social Research Institute’s December 2025 report, Assessing Economic Trends in Ireland and Northern Ireland; welcomes that this will become an annual economic report produced through the Shared Island Initiative which will provide an insightful and evidence-based contribution to understanding economic and social conditions on our island; notes the positive findings within the report on increased economic growth and employment rates across the island, alongside the shared challenges relating to productivity, incomes and regional balance; further notes that the report’s review of the respective Programmes for Government from both administrations on the island identified synergies in economic policy on increasing productivity, decarbonisation and support for small businesses; acknowledges the report’s assessment that the Executive is constrained in economic policy-making due to a lack of fiscal levers being devolved; calls on all Executive Ministers to use this report to inform economic and related policy and to support a more coordinated all-Ireland approach to economic development that advances inclusive growth, regional balance, good jobs and improved living standards for all citizens; and further calls on the British Government to work with the Minister of Finance to devolve additional revenue raising powers to allow it to support the Executive's economic policy development.

216 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.