Northern Ireland in Podcasts
placeNorthern Ireland, part of the UK, with special arrangements post-Brexit.
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And finally, just before I let you go, the Irish Times featuring the whole idea that Northern Ireland is not doing well comparatively to the Republic of Ireland, but isn't doing too badly in an overall UK context and outperforms a number of British regions.
If you could do something to change productivity levels in Northern Ireland, that would likely bring living standards closer in the two jurisdictions.
really highlights that Northern Ireland's poor economic performance relative to Ireland is likely driven by lower levels of productivity, a kind of a widening gap in educational attainment, lower export orientation and lower intensity and poor quality FDI.
Now, I know that's not the part of this report, but I suppose people will ask the question, and you might be able to help us on this, but do you think some of the figures would change radically if the Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland came together as one economic entity?
Now, obviously, the whole idea of a united Ireland is looming in behind some of this, and some people will read your report and say, well, what are the implications if the two jurisdictions were brought together into one unitary state?
But one of the things we do find is that in spite of these differences, the two programmes for government in Ireland, North and South,
while the Northern Ireland Executive has very limited revenue raising powers or powers to use the tax system to further policy objectives.
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