Straughn sheds light on Bridgetown Initiative at forum

Minister in the Ministry of Finance Ryan Straughn yesterday highlighted some of Government’s objectives regarding the Bridgetown Initiative.

Speaking as a member of the panel of Parallel Session 1 at the OPEC Fund Development Forum in Vienna, Austria, yesterday, he spelled out Government’s focus on the marine environment.

“We are actually currently undertaking a marine spatial plan which is being supported by the Irish Marine Institute and the purpose of that is to identify at least...