Mr. Paul Hogan:

There are various groups that have sought to undermine the NPF or suggest it is not fit for purpose but from the opposite perspective of the Deputy. What they have suggested is that the regional cities are not delivering, cannot deliver and will not deliver, notwithstanding that we have worked really hard to ensure very ambitious targets over a relatively short space of time, backed by State investment through the national development plan, as tracked by the national investment office in the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform.