Rose Conway-Walsh (Mayo, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

It is not just me saying this. As I said, the IFAC has also warned about the €19 billion black hole in the capital budget. IFAC has also said that €2.7 billion extra will be needed each year from 2024 to 2030. That is what is needed for the projects outlined in the 2021 NDP to be delivered. We have severe infrastructure deficits. I know from my own constituency in Mayo that there are desperate needs for health projects, water infrastructure, road, rail and grid infrastructure. The list goes on. Will the public have to wait until 2025 at the earliest for Fine Gael to act and get capital investment back on track? There are large holes in the budget. It is serious. If the Government has an NDP and has committed to the Irish people that it will deliver on it, there is an expectation that it will. I cannot see, with the shortfall of billions we will face in 2030, how the work will be done.

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