The Forum for Political Dialogue met between 1996 and 1998 in Belfast as part of the negotiations that led to the Good Friday Agreement.
The Northern Ireland (Entry to Negotiation, etc) Act 1996 provided for a Forum constituted by delegates elected in elections under the same Act to consider and examine issues relevant to promoting dialogue and understanding within Northern Ireland. The Forum met at the Interpoint Centre, York Street, Belfast from 14 June 1996 to 24 April 1998.
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Electoral reform, Education Public/Private Partnerships, BSE crisis, Hospital Services
This Forum, recognizing the need for province-wide provision of acute hospital and maternity beds and a fair distribution of health facilities across the province,
1. calls for distribution of health spending to ensure equitable provision of hospital services across the province;
2. calls upon the Government to give Northern Ireland the same rate of increase in resources for the Health Service as has been made available to other areas of the United Kingdom