Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The Government made and announced allocations from the Shared Island Fund most recently on 20 February, with funding commitments to: contribute to the redevelopment of Casement Park in Belfast; introduce an hourly-frequency rail service between Dublin and Belfast; create a renewed visitor experience at the Battle of the Boyne site in Meath; and, move ahead with construction of the landmark Narrow Water Bridge.

Shared Island Fund allocations are taken forward by Ministers working with Northern Ireland Executive and British Government counterparts and with Local Authority, education institution and civil society partners across the island.

The Government wants to undertake more all-island investment cooperation with the Executive and through the North South Ministerial Council, and with the British Government, to deepen North/South and East/West relationships and to benefit and deepen connections between people across the island of Ireland.

Ministers and their Departments across Government are interacting with counterparts and partners on potential projects which could take forward our commitments and objectives on Shared Island under the Programme for Government and the revised National Development Plan, and with a view to consideration by Government of further allocations from the Shared Island Fund over the coming months.