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

I want to emphasise my view that the capital ceilings in place at the moment are very appropriate for this year. Changing the capital ceilings inside the budgetary year rarely leads to that money being spent in its entirety, and sometimes it can lead to other challenges regarding good value for the taxpayer. That being said, I aim to be in a position to give some guidance and instruction for how the delivery of our overall NDP can be implemented. I am aware of the frustration many people feel when we keep increasing spending that does not quite give the output everywhere that we want. I can see many good pieces of work under way, such as the school building programme with the Department of Education, the primary care centres and the new extension to the Mater Hospital in Eccles Street. I can see that kind of good work happening. I want to see how we can spread that practice more and more across the NDP.

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