According to the draft Programme for Government, which was approved by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and Independents, the Shared Island Fund would receive an additional €1 billion until 2035, reports RTE.
As a result, the Shared Island Unit will have more employees, and efforts to promote cooperation between startups and established companies will be strengthened.
In addition to working with the Northern Ireland Executive to implement the A5 road network and other road connectivity projects in the northwest, the draft statement promises to give priority to the completion of the FourNorth rail project, reports RTE.
In other places, the initiative pledges to pay for students from Northern Ireland to take part in the Erasmus program.
Establishing air connection between the airports in Dublin and the City of Derry will also be a priority for the next administration, reports RTE.
The government program pledges to “continue to review the effectiveness of rent pressure zones” and to establish a rental pricing registry to shield landlords and tenants from abusive activities.
It further states that it will strengthen the Residential Tenancies Board’s enforcement capabilities, reports RTE.
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The Programme for Government has committed to a new youth services action plan that would offer “a strategic direction” for the provision of youth services, reports RTE.
The ‘your place your space’ initiative will continue to be implemented, and the local youth club funding program will be reinforced.
Recognising the significance of youth services and young workers across the country is a significant step, according to the National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI), reports RTE.
The next administration will be a conservative alliance, according to party acting leader Cian O’Callaghan, which would move the nation backward rather than forward.
“The incoming government needs to be ambitious for the country and committed to transformational change in a whole range of areas – housing, healthcare, disability services, climate action and childcare,” he said, reports RTE.
“In fact, it’s very difficult to see any input from the Rural Independents in this document, which appears to be a crude collation of the Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil manifestos. The fingerprints of Independent TDs are notably absent, with more apparent focus on junior ministerial positions than policy proposals,” Mr O’Callaghan added, reports RTE.
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