Damien English (Meath West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

Deputy Casey also asked about the national investment plan and whether the decision on that would be aspirational or detailed. It will be both. However, the final decision will be for the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform so the Deputy can bring his evidence based arguments to them. It will all be evidence-based decision making. The idea of having this plan is to influence their thinking and our Department is part of that conversation. We will not make the final decision because that is for a higher authority but the evidence, ambition and targets in the roadmap for the country marked out here will dictate the thinking there. That is what this is about. If the Deputy can link his desires and concerns into this and show that they match up, that will help the cause.