Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I propose to take Questions Nos. 1 and 2 together.

The programme for Government sets out the detailed and ambitious work programme for the Government, with progress being reported on an annual basis. In the two reports published to date, the Government has reported progress on two thirds of its commitments. The next report will be published in March.

The timeline for the delivery of the commitments is over the lifetime of the Government, and the pace of delivery will vary for each commitment. Many commitments have already been delivered in full and there are others in respect of which substantial work is under way. The Government is past the halfway point of its term and has completed or make substantial progress on well in excess of half of its commitments.

As part of the annual reporting process, the Government highlights commitments where significant issues arise that may have an impact on their delivery. Seven such commitments have been set out in the reports published to date. In such cases, the Government will continue to work to find alternate and innovative ways to deliver the underlying objectives of such commitments. For example, in its first year the Government signalled that the Exchequer investment was not available to make progress on the Dublin Institute of Technology's campus development at Grangegorman. However, the announcement in 2012 of the €2.25 billion job-rich stimulus package provided an opportunity to revisit this. I am pleased to say the project is progressing well under a public-private partnership arrangement.

The Government continues to work hard on implementing the programme for Government and will continue to report progress on an annual basis to the House.

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