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13/06/2017
Arlene Foster To Meet With Theresa May
DUP leader Arlene Foster is to meet with Prime Minister Theresa May to discuss a deal to form a DUP supported Conservative government.
The talks are to be held at Downing Street in London today, 13 June.
The Queen's Speech will also be delayed.
Mrs Foster said: "We will be working to agree arrangements that can provide the whole nation with good government. The DUP will work to bring about outcomes that are beneficial to all and in Parliament Northern Ireland's case will be centre stage.
"Bringing about outcomes that are beneficial to all also means getting Stormont working again. I will be engaged with the other local political parties to see if we achieve agreement to restore our local Assembly and Executive."
However, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said any deal will not benefit the people of Northern Ireland.
He said: "Any deal with the DUP and the Tories will not be to the benefit of the people of the north, our economy, our public services or securing designated special status for the north within the EU.
"We need the progressive parties to work together. We need a strong counter balance to the Tory Party and the DUP."
Meanwhile, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said that any deal struck in Downing Street is inextricably linked to the success or failure of the talks process.
He said: "Any deal struck today must not change the fundamentals or the specifics of previous political agreements designed to maintain cross-community confidence in our politics.
"The DUP, with the assistance of Sinn Féin, have undermined principles of the Good Friday Agreement before in the St Andrew's Agreement – that cannot be allowed to happen again.
"Any deal must also abide by the wishes of the North who voted to retain the benefits of the European Union – our people have rejected a hard Brexit and a hard border in Ireland.
"There is also deep suspicion and concern that a public deal between Theresa May and Arlene Foster which we expect to see today might be accompanied with a private, grubby back room deal which none of us will get sight of for years to come.
"It is in the interests of all our people that we are given full transparency - it is also the only way to address the public's suspicion and concern.
"If what emerges today is to be solely an economic package, that package must follow economic need rather than the DUP's political priority."
(CD/JP)
The talks are to be held at Downing Street in London today, 13 June.
The Queen's Speech will also be delayed.
Mrs Foster said: "We will be working to agree arrangements that can provide the whole nation with good government. The DUP will work to bring about outcomes that are beneficial to all and in Parliament Northern Ireland's case will be centre stage.
"Bringing about outcomes that are beneficial to all also means getting Stormont working again. I will be engaged with the other local political parties to see if we achieve agreement to restore our local Assembly and Executive."
However, Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams said any deal will not benefit the people of Northern Ireland.
He said: "Any deal with the DUP and the Tories will not be to the benefit of the people of the north, our economy, our public services or securing designated special status for the north within the EU.
"We need the progressive parties to work together. We need a strong counter balance to the Tory Party and the DUP."
Meanwhile, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said that any deal struck in Downing Street is inextricably linked to the success or failure of the talks process.
He said: "Any deal struck today must not change the fundamentals or the specifics of previous political agreements designed to maintain cross-community confidence in our politics.
"The DUP, with the assistance of Sinn Féin, have undermined principles of the Good Friday Agreement before in the St Andrew's Agreement – that cannot be allowed to happen again.
"Any deal must also abide by the wishes of the North who voted to retain the benefits of the European Union – our people have rejected a hard Brexit and a hard border in Ireland.
"There is also deep suspicion and concern that a public deal between Theresa May and Arlene Foster which we expect to see today might be accompanied with a private, grubby back room deal which none of us will get sight of for years to come.
"It is in the interests of all our people that we are given full transparency - it is also the only way to address the public's suspicion and concern.
"If what emerges today is to be solely an economic package, that package must follow economic need rather than the DUP's political priority."
(CD/JP)
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