Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 24 September 2025
Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery
Priorities and Provisions in the Review of the National Development Plan: Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
2:00 am
Ollie Crowe (Fianna Fail)
I thank the Minister, Deputy Chambers, and his officials for joining us this afternoon. It is a hugely ambitious and bold plan, which is what we need. One of the major risks I see to its implementation is projects getting tied up in planning bottlenecks, as the Minister mentioned in his opening statement. I have seen that happen in small and large projects since I first got involved in politics. In other countries, such as the UK, there is a limit to legal objections if it is a major infrastructural project. I think that is something Ireland should strongly consider. What are the Minister's views on this?
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