"The Deputy and her party fully understand, in the context of the party's participation in the Executive in the north, the importance of international engagement, foreign direct investment and engagement with the business community," he added.
Defending the importance of his trip to the conference.
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who want room for significant new measures will be the architects of much of their own fiscal space
"It is important, as an open, trading economy that we do that," he said, adding that Deputy Farrell's approach "undermining international engagement" is "not fair".
Government departments have been warned they will be architects of their own fiscal space
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