Barry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

My question relates to the national development plan expenditure outlined by the Minister in his summer economic statement. He stated that €1.5 billion is pre-committed in capital expenditure for the forthcoming year. I am at a loss to know what is contained in that commitment that has not already been published. In written replies to previous parliamentary questions I have put down, the Minister has said that €700 million extra was dedicated to capital expenditure in the national development plan other than the allocation set out in the economic statement of the previous year. Can the Minister inform me and, by extension, the public of what exactly is contained within that, what impact it will have and on what regions and what benefits will accrue to those for whom it is intended?

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