File of North-South Ministerial Council - Assorted Implementation Documents including text of speech by Bertie Ahern, Taoiseach, on Northern Ireland, Seanad Éireann (7 Jul 1999); SDLP document "North South Ministerial Council - Proposals for Areas of Co-operation and Implementation Bodies (Fourth Draft, 7 Sep 1998); Document re. Information Service handling plans in preparation for devolution (30 Jun 1999); Letter from Alex Maskey, Sinn Féin, forwarding document "Initial Response [by Sinn Féin], to Deputy First Minister and First Minister (Designates) (13 Oct 1998); Document "Sinn Féin Initial Proposals" re. individual departments such as Agriculture and Fisheries, Economic Development etc.; "Sinn Féin: Civic Forum - Initial Response"; text of paper "Why the Politicians Must Give Hope After Omagh's Agony" by Séamus Mallon, Deputy First Minister; Letter from Mel Keavney to Séamus Mallon with congratulations on his appointment as DFM (5 Oct 1998); Notes in advance of meeting with David Trimble (27 Oct 1998)

Files relating to North-South Implementation and specifically Trade, Energy, and Development. File 1 includes briefing and outline documents/position papers by Hugh Logue and others re. Trade and Business Development Implementation Body; Energy North-South Bodies; Considerations for Inward Development; Considerations for Tourism; a draft text by Marjorie 'Mo' Mowlam re. Enterprise Development; comparative statistics on tourism in north vs south of Ireland, and similar related documents.
Documents also related to broadband development on the island of Ireland, press releases from Irish media re. Broadband etc.

File 2 includes meeting documents from North-South Ministerial Council - Trade and Business Development Sector - first meeting, Newry, 24 Jan 2000. Includes programme/agenda for the meeting; notice of appointment of Chair, Vice-Chair and Board, Draft programme from Sectoral Meetings; and other documents relating to cross-border trade, development, and food safety.

File 3 includes document headed "Financial Arrangements: Draft Paragraphs for Memorandum of Understanding, relating to North-South Implementation and specifically Trade, Energy, and Development.

File relating to North-South Implementation and specifically re. tourism, includes documents outlining implementation work and policies/papers for tourism.

File relating to establishing and work of the North-South Ministerial Council and input/discussions regarding same from the Irish and the British Governments. Includes Draft Statement on Areas for North-South Cooperation and Implementation (23 Nov 1998) and with annotation by Logue, sent to Logue from Department of Foreign Affairs, Dublin (DFA);
Copy signed letter sent from John Semple, Head of Northern Ireland Civil Service Office to Rt Hon David Trimble MP, re. North-South Bodies and on proposed EU implementation body (2 Dec 1998). Copy signed letter from Bertie Ahern T.D., Taoiseach to Rt Hon David Trimble MP, following on from recent discussion and outlining points to be discussed under talks on implementation of the NSMC (10 April 1998), attached to previous letter and document re. same sent from Trimble to Ahern on 10 April 1998; Copy signed letter and document from John Holmes, PPS to Prime Minister Tony Blair, Downing Street, to David Lavery, office of the First Minister Designate re, proposed implementation bodies within the NSMC (14 Dec 1998); Copy of signed letter sent from Séamus Mallon to Dermot Gallagher, DFA, discussing elements of the NSMC and language of the agreement (24 Feb 1999); Fax document from The Director General, Office of the Attorney General [Dublin], wth comments and points regarding suggestions made by Irish and by British Governments regarding cross-border implementation bodies post Good Friday Agreement (15 Feb 1999), and other similar documents on discussions re. implementation under NSMC and cross-border bodies.

File of correspondence and documents re. EU and implementation of North-South and cross border bodies and co-operation with regard to EU structures and funding.

File of consultation/position papers including "North/South Implementation Arrangements" and documents other respective implementation bodies including "Language (Irish and Ulster Scots)"; "Trade and Business Development", "Inland Waterways", "Food Safety", "Special EU Programmes", and "Aquaculture and Marine Matters". Also includes "Framework for Ombudsman Involvement in Northern Bodies", "Possible Framework for Data Protection in relation to North-South Implementation Bodies", "Freedom of Information in Relation to North/South Bodies", "Employment Law and Equality Legislation", "Relationships Between Implementation Bodies, NSMC, The Oireachtas and the Assembly", and "Staffing of North-South Implementation Bodies - Principles".

Files relating to North-South Implementation and specifically Aquaculture, Marine, and Waterways. Documents outline the proposed functions and structures of bodies to oversee implementation re. development of waterways for commercial and recreational purposes, operation of lighthouses, inland waterways etc. Documents include "Downing Street Draft of 14 December as Amended by UUP, 15 Dec 1998"; "Proposed Implementation Bodies" - British Paper" (Dec 1998); also email correspondence between various parties and Hugh Logue regarding Implementation Bodies for Aquaculture and Marine Matters.

Letters from Billy Gamble, Private Secretary to the Deputy First Minister, Marjorie 'Mo' Mowlam, and Brian Cowan T.D. re. the North-South Gas Interconnector (Nov 1998).

North-South Bodies Briefing for Deputy First Minister Meeting Prime Minister Tony Blair. File includes briefing documents and manuscript notes by Logue re. North-South Bodies Implementation. Includes related documents including "Alliance Party Position Paper on North-South Bodies 29 Oct 1998"; "North/South Cooperation - Submission from Northern Ireland Women's Coalition" (26 Mar 1998); Briefing document re. "Visit of Mr Murphy, Mr Trimble, and Mr Mallon Together with Northern Ireland Assembly Members to Brussels, 3-6 Nov 1998; Copy signed letter from Marjorie 'Mo' Mowlam, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, to Séamus Mallon, DFM, responding to recent submissions by Mallon on his request on 12 subject areas listed for North/South Co-operation, including re. the Irish language (26 Oct 1998); Signed fax letter from Omer S.J. Williams and Robert Sidorsky, of Thacher Proffitt and Wood, Two World Trade Centre, New York, to Dr. Alan Gillespie, Goldman Sachs International, London re. promotion of trade and investment for Northern Ireland (27 Oct 1998).