Former taoiseach says joint work could be done informally outside of institutions created as a result of Belfast Agreement
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern: 'we could help our citizens by having co-operation on an all-island basis and I don’t think it would upset anybody.' Photograph: Bryan Keane/InphoCross-Border co-operation should be significantly expanded into a broader number of subjects, even if that happens outside of the institutions created by the
The co-operation could take place informally outside of the NSMC, he said, but it is now self-evident that more issues should be dealt with cross-Border to deliver better results, Mr Ahern said. Significant cross-Border co-operation is already taking place in health, including all-island paediatric care in Dublin, he noted, but the opportunities for more of it should now be clear to all.
He hoped that the suspension of the NSMC’s work that has happened too often in the past is now at an end in a time where it is hoped that Stormont will bed down and offer political stability.
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