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12/10/2007
Fianna Fail Debates Ulster Strategy
A timetable for cross-border expansion and a 32-county strategy are top of the agenda for Irish Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern.
He is to head up a Fianna Fail committee charged with drawing up a policy for the development of the party in Northern Ireland.
The new Northern Strategy Committee will also engage in a public consultation exercise throughout the island of Ireland inviting submissions on its cross-border expansion.
"Arising out of An Taoiseach's recent announcement that Fianna Fail would develop a strategy for organising on a 32 county basis, this committee is now being established to set out practical plans and a timescale to deliver on this historic move," said Dermot Ahern.
"Between now and next Easter, it will conduct an extensive party consultation process, across all units of the organisation,” he said.
(BMcC)
He is to head up a Fianna Fail committee charged with drawing up a policy for the development of the party in Northern Ireland.
The new Northern Strategy Committee will also engage in a public consultation exercise throughout the island of Ireland inviting submissions on its cross-border expansion.
"Arising out of An Taoiseach's recent announcement that Fianna Fail would develop a strategy for organising on a 32 county basis, this committee is now being established to set out practical plans and a timescale to deliver on this historic move," said Dermot Ahern.
"Between now and next Easter, it will conduct an extensive party consultation process, across all units of the organisation,” he said.
(BMcC)
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