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US set to invest 'millions' in NI $30m investment set aside for NI
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Tens of millions of US dollars are set to be earmarked for potential investment in Northern Ireland. A total of $30m is to be made available for potential investment in Northern Ireland by the New York state retirement fund.
Deputy First Minister Martin McGuinness is expected to attend the announcement by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli on Monday. The state comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, who controls the pension funds of public workers from New York, made the announcement on Monday.
Mr DiNapoli controls the pension funds of public workers from New York. He said he was impressed by NI's "highly skilled workforce".
Mr McGuinness said that despite recent dissident murders people in the US understood there was opposition to groups derailing the peace process. Deputy First Minister Mr McGuinness said it was a "massive vote of confidence" in the peace process.
Mr McGuinness said that, despite recent dissident murders, people in the US understood there was opposition to groups derailing the peace process.
"I have to say I am very encouraged by the outcome of our discussions," he said."I have to say I am very encouraged by the outcome of our discussions," he said.
"We have been through a difficult week back home and it was very important to see if people were shaken by it here."We have been through a difficult week back home and it was very important to see if people were shaken by it here.
"It is clear that they are not.""It is clear that they are not."
Mr McGuinness is in America with First Minister Peter Robinson who is due to visit Chicago for talks with US firms that employ people in Northern Ireland. Mr McGuinness is in the United States with First Minister Peter Robinson, who visited Chicago for talks with US firms that employ people in Northern Ireland.
The first and deputy first ministers, local politicians and the Taoiseach Brian Cowen, will be in Washington DC this week for a series of St Patrick's Day events hosted by President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden.The first and deputy first ministers, local politicians and the Taoiseach Brian Cowen, will be in Washington DC this week for a series of St Patrick's Day events hosted by President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden.