The Green Party has long recognized the central role that consensus and consent would play in underpinning a political settlement in Northern Ireland and between the Governments of London and Dublin. The Good Friday and St. Andrews Agreements provide such a framework and have opened the way to an historic settlement. We have good reason to believe that a new era of accountable, stable, devolved government for Northern Ireland is about to begin.
for limiting the welfare state, for example public funding for social services or social security, e.g. private care before state care