Debate contribution: Northern Ireland Bureau, Washington

Debate contribution by Mr John Stewart on 1 July 2025.

MLA: Mr John Stewart
Party at the time: Ulster Unionist Party
Date: 1 July 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Northern Ireland Bureau, Washington
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5061656

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I thank the First Minister for her answer. I too commend the work of the Northern Ireland Bureau. One important role that it has is, as you said, First Minister, to liaise with Invest NI and councils to help our entrepreneurs and our manufacturing sector to get opportunities in America that they may not otherwise have been able to avail themselves of. These are difficult times in international trading. What plans are there to extend the footprint of the Northern Ireland Bureau and branch out further to give Northern Ireland companies even more opportunities for trade missions and to seize the US market?

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 2183/22-27.

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