Uniting Ireland: Economic Points
* The border acts as a barrier to investment and growth, which stifles the economic potential of the whole of Ireland.
* If we are to improve the economic position of all the people of Ireland we need to consider how to address the limitations of the Border in a real sense. To do so means considering the island as a whole, through a full and detailed economic strategy.
* Currently there are useful but limited attempts to maximise business opportunities in spite of the border. We need to move beyond this towards mew ways of maximising the economic potential of the whole island.
* A new start is needed in Ireland if we are to change our politics, our economy and our whole society for the better. We can't do that without examining a fundamental issue- the way we govern ourselves on the whole of Ireland.
* Claims that the north is completely reliant on the British state have been greatly exaggerated. These claims have been used as a barrier to Irish Unity.
* Unionism and the British claim that the North requires £10.5 bn from the British state in order to economically survive, this is not true.
* The British Government allocates £17 bn to the Executive and another half billion is spent on council services. A total of £17.5 billion.
* Revenue generated in the North has been estimated by the Department of Finance and Personnel to be £12.7 bn.
* The real gap therefore between what the British actually allocate and is raised in the north is £4.8 billion not £10.5 billion.
Adam Haughton
ReplyDeleteFeb 3, 2013
This will be major campaign and challenge for Sinn Fein. For the first time since the Good Friday Agreement was signed the focus will now turn to one of the Partys main objectives, Irish Unity. Our political opponents will use our demand for a border poll to attack us for bringing the root cause of our Country's ills, British interference and partition on to the political agenda at this time, or at any time for that matter. "Who fears to speak of Easter Week" " Who fears to speak of Irish Unity" ? The answer to this question will become all so clear in the months ahead as the slave mentality that exists in the political establishment calmer and fall over each other to attack any notion that the people should have a say on this matter.