Independent Review of Economic Policy

The Independent Review of Economic Policy (IREP) was commissioned by the Minister of Enterprise, Trade and Investment, Arlene Foster MLA, in December 2008. The Review reflects her desire to achieve the Executive’s priorities for the economy and the Panel were asked to advise on the need to realign existing policies, or to devise new policies, in order to meet the Executive’s goal of halving the private sector productivity gap between Northern Ireland (NI) and the UK excluding the Greater South East of Englandby 2015.