United Ireland would cost Dublin £17bn a year for two decades, study says

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Some costs would be offset by Northern Ireland rejoining the EU as part of a united Ireland but this would take "considerable time", the study said.
48% : A united Ireland could cost Dublin more than £17 billion every year for two decades, according to a new study, which has warned of an "immediate, major reduction" in Irish living standards if reunification happens.Ireland would have to raise taxes by about 25 per cent and slash public spending to pay for Irish unity, if Northern Ireland left the United Kingdom after successful referendums on both sides of the border, the study found.
48% : It adjusted pre-pandemic data from 2019 to reflect a united Ireland, such as less defence spending, higher payments to the EU and greater corporation tax revenue, and reached a subsidy of just under £9.4 billion.
46% : "There would have to be a dramatic increase in taxation and/or a major reduction in expenditure," the report, which said it would be "difficult" to postpone standardisation "for long", added.

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