Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I welcome the Minister and I wish him well in his deliberations over the next few days. The question may have been asked already while I was on the way down from my office but we are all interested to hear the Minister's views on the planned expansion to the national development plan and the additional resources he hopes to make available to deliver on some commitments. Will the Minister elaborate on what new commitments account for the additional €1 billion in expenditure that he is on record as proposing? Will he also, in his response to that question, elaborate on some of the lessons that need to be learned from the cost overruns related to the children's hospital?