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Impact of devolution on cross-border commerce
Aidan Gough and Eoin Magennis (InterTradeIreland)
IBIS seminar, 6 February 2009
“cold denying silence” that descended on this island for too long in the past century and resulted in a
process of “friction and frission”
Conor Brady
‘Unless you achieve economic transformation,
you can’t have a stable society.’
Sir George Quigley (March 2007)
‘Economic progress is crucial to the
political forces that favour peace’
Portland Trust (May 2007)
Economics and Peacemaking
British Subvention to Northern Ireland
0250500750
1000
12501500175020002250
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
British Subvention toNorthern Ireland
British Subvention to Northern Ireland
Employment in the Public Sector
90
100
110
120
130
140
150
160
170
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Employment in thePublic Sector
Employment in the Public Sector
Unemployment Rate
50
100
150
200
250
300
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Unemployment Rate
Unemployment in Northern Ireland
Total Troubles - Related deaths
50
150
250
350
450
550
650
1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000 2005
Total Troubles -Related deaths
Troubles Related Deaths
“A Body to exchange information and co-ordinate workon trade, business development and related matters, in areas where the two administrations specificallyagree it would be in their mutual interest.”
The Belfast Agreement, 1998.
Six Cross-Border Bodies
InterTradeIreland
Institutional Arrangements
Northern IrelandAssembly & Executive North-South
Ministerial Council
Irish Government
InterTradeIreland
Department of Enterprise, Trade &
Investment
Department of Enterprise, Trade &
Employment
Cross-Border Tourism Statistics
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Year
Vis
ito
rs
Going North
Going South
Cross-Border Traffic Volumes
0
5000
10000
15000
20000
25000
2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Years
Nos
of v
ehic
les M1/N1 at
Ravensdale
N2 at Aughnacloy
Cross-Border Bus and Rail Travel Statistics
0
200
400
600
800
1000
1200
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
No
s o
f p
as
se
ng
ers
(,0
00
s)
Going North
Going South
Cross-Border Student Flows
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
Year
Nu
mb
er
of
Stu
den
ts
North - South
South - North
Cross-Border Public and EU Investment Flows
0
50
100
150
200
250
300
350
400
450
500
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Years
€m
EU programmes
Operational Programmes
North/South Bodies
Areas of Co-operation
Public Sector Co-operation
TOTALS
• Create gains in trade and investment;
• Generate economies of scale;
• Deliver more efficient and effective public services;
• Promote wider economic benefits
• Reduce market failures
• Open new or ‘missing’ markets
• Deliver more balanced regional development
Cross-Border Opportunities in the Current Economic Climate