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27/06/2017
NI Power Sharing Talks To Continue
Talks to restore power sharing in Northern Ireland are to continue at Stormont today, 27 June.
The deadline for an agreement to be made is Thursday, 29 June.
Negotiations are believed to have continued late into the night on Monday, 26 June, after a deal between the Conservatives and DUP was announced.
£1billion in 'new' money has been earmarked for Northern Ireland.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD said the deal provides a "blank cheque for a Tory Brexit which threatens the Good Friday Agreement".
He said: "The DUP have agreed to support the Tory Government on all motions of confidence; and on the Queen's speech; the Budget; finance bills; money bills, supply and appropriation legislation and estimates and all legislation pertaining to British national security and Brexit.
"The Tory government has slashed more than £1 billion from the block grant over the last seven years. The allocation of additional funds could help to ease the enormous pressure on our public services. The devil is in the detail.
"Sinn Féin will continue to prioritise the establishment of a credible, sustainable Executive which deals with all the challenges facing our society, including the failure to implement previous agreements.
"Sinn Féin will vigorously pursue the rights of citizens currently being denied by the DUP and the British government.
"We are committed to equality. Sinn Féin will resolutely oppose any attempt to give preferential treatment to British forces, either in terms of legacy or the provision of public services.
"If as they claim in the agreement, both the Tories and the DUP will fully adhere to the Good Friday Agreement and its successors, they need to deliver on this for the political institutions can be restored.
"So there is work to be done by the DUP and only limited time to do this."
(CD/JP)
The deadline for an agreement to be made is Thursday, 29 June.
Negotiations are believed to have continued late into the night on Monday, 26 June, after a deal between the Conservatives and DUP was announced.
£1billion in 'new' money has been earmarked for Northern Ireland.
Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams TD said the deal provides a "blank cheque for a Tory Brexit which threatens the Good Friday Agreement".
He said: "The DUP have agreed to support the Tory Government on all motions of confidence; and on the Queen's speech; the Budget; finance bills; money bills, supply and appropriation legislation and estimates and all legislation pertaining to British national security and Brexit.
"The Tory government has slashed more than £1 billion from the block grant over the last seven years. The allocation of additional funds could help to ease the enormous pressure on our public services. The devil is in the detail.
"Sinn Féin will continue to prioritise the establishment of a credible, sustainable Executive which deals with all the challenges facing our society, including the failure to implement previous agreements.
"Sinn Féin will vigorously pursue the rights of citizens currently being denied by the DUP and the British government.
"We are committed to equality. Sinn Féin will resolutely oppose any attempt to give preferential treatment to British forces, either in terms of legacy or the provision of public services.
"If as they claim in the agreement, both the Tories and the DUP will fully adhere to the Good Friday Agreement and its successors, they need to deliver on this for the political institutions can be restored.
"So there is work to be done by the DUP and only limited time to do this."
(CD/JP)
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