Debate contribution: Rural Economy
Debate contribution by Mr Conor Murphy on .
- MLA
- Mr Conor Murphy
- Party at the time
- Sinn Féin
- Date
- 12 November 2024
- Type
- Debate contribution (made as a minister)
- Business
- Oral Answers to Questions
- Heading
- Rural Economy
- Assembly identifier
- Official Report component 4658621
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The whole purpose of the review of Invest NI — Invest NI being the delivery mechanism for the Department's policies — was to measure the outcomes. There was a significant critique of Invest NI's focus, its relationship with the Department and the misalignment of policy objectives between the Department and Invest NI, so we have changed the focus of Invest NI, set targets for outside Belfast and ensured that we align departmental policy and Invest NI policy. All the other agencies in the Department — tourism and all the other agencies that work with the Department — are subject to the prioritisation that I laid out at the start of my tenure as Minister for the Economy. That is a new direction, and we have measurable targets for it, so we will continue to assess its effectiveness as we move ahead.
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