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The Ireland Question
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Why the Union matters✓ Answered

What services do we currently receive because we are part of the UK?

Short answer

Defence, MI5, passports, consular help abroad, pensions and benefits, sterling, UK research funding, and the block grant that pays for most public services.

What we know Fact

Sources

  1. Northern Ireland Act 1998, Schedule 2 (excepted matters)

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