Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

We will go ahead with a capital plan once the input from the current consultation on the current draft plan is assessed and if any of it is taken on board. As for what the capital plan will look like, as Deputy Calleary is aware, the planning framework highlights a number of cities at present and beyond that, the framework will be influenced and led by regional assemblies. I do not anticipate that the ten-year capital plan will be able to detail every capital project undertaken in the country over the next decade. Work will need to go on at a regional level to translate the national planning framework into a reality, county by county. It is only when that work is done that we will be able to determine the full allocation of all of the planned expenditure. The capital plan will have a balance between identifying a number of projects and funds to ensure that the national approach is delivered, while still leaving flexibility in respect of many other parts of our State.

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