Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 18 September 2024
Committee on Budgetary Oversight
Pre-Budget Engagement
3:30 pm
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source
I am happy to come back into my old brief. I know the wider ambition and focus within different regions on transport infrastructure and through the capital plans, which the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, has already agreed. Obviously, we are keen to advance some of them. We know there is further ambition to do more. The Minister, Deputy Ryan, published the all-island rail review, which is subject to further consideration. We have a process around the national development plan which underpins current investment in transport, but I understand the pressures in terms of transport infrastructure when it comes to other areas and priorities,. We are cognisant of that but we have a published NDP and projects that we are keen to advance. As I said, we are always engaging with communities on the further ambition that exists in the context of transport infrastructure.
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