Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

On page 2 of those guidelines, it is stated that it is the responsibility of the Accounting Officer of a Department to ensure that the guidelines are adopted. As the Minister has said, we may not see the changes until next year. With regard to the procedure for delivering capital projects, what flexibilities do Departments have under the new infrastructure guidelines? For instance, can the Minister for housing streamline the four-stage approval process in housing? In housing, layers of dysfunctional bureaucracy are imposed by Government. That has led to less than half of the target number of houses in Mayo being built last year. In practical terms, what are the implications of the new infrastructure guidelines? I am trying to get at how their effectiveness is to be measured. What criteria has the Minister set to let him know whether these guidelines have been a success or whether they need to be changed?

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