The North Western Regional Assembly has called for positive discrimination for the region in the forthcoming budget.
In its pre-budget submission, the NWRA has highlighted the economic challenges facing the North-West of Ireland, and how the region’s economy is being left behind.
CEO David Minton says the region’s economic status has been downgraded from a ‘More Developed Region’ to a ‘Transition Region’ – the only region in Ireland to hold such a status – while the North-West was the only region in Ireland to be classified as a ‘Moderate Innovator’, namely a region with an innovation index score between 70% and 100% of the EU average.”
He says Covid has also hit the region hard:
