Seán Fleming (Laois, Fianna Fail)

I would like to know whether the Taoiseach has a date of publication for the review of the national development plan and whether he knows the period to be covered by the updated plan. As Chair of the Joint Committee on Infrastructure and National Development Plan Delivery, I believe everybody in the House must accept the need for long-term investment in housing, transport, water, electricity and health digitalisation. My view, based on the meetings we have had so far, is that this will require substantial funding in addition to what has been mentioned so far. We should ensure a greater proportion of annual funding for housing and other infrastructure for the coming years. Because of the scale of what is required, we need to do that and not just rely on windfall tax revenue, such as from Apple, or profit on the sale of AIB. We must have a permanent structure for funding for capital investment, but not just based on windfall tax revenue when we get it.

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