Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 12 June 2024

Committee on Budgetary Oversight

Infrastructure Guidelines: Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform

Mr. Kevin Meaney:

I would actually say the opposite. With the early step where there was decision gate 0, we had requirements before that point and requirements after that point that were essentially duplicated. We have removed some of the duplication. We think there will be time savings even for the agency putting forward the proposal. We think it is shorter to do the business case up to the preliminary business case point. We have shortened the number of stages. There are no real additional requirements in the three stages we have now. We are not-----