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Thu 06 Jun 2007NI must be 'less dependent on public sector'Northern Ireland needs to move away from an economy which is heavily dependent on the public sector, Dr Martin McAleese said yesterday.Dr McAleese, the President's husband, expressed the hope that the new Northern Ireland Executive would foster an economy "characterised by self-sufficiency rather than subsidy" and driven by "investment and entrepreneurialism". He was speaking after being conferred with an honorary degree by the University of Ulster at a ceremony in Belfast City Hall.