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Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I share that objective. That is why giving that additional scope to Ministers across their respective policy areas to invest in critical infrastructure is essential as part of the national development plan. We are at a point of significant economic uncertainty and this Government is clearly setting out that we want to seriously increase our overall investment in critical infrastructure,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I thank the Deputy for this question. On 3 July 2024 the European Commission presented a report on the transposition of the EU Whistleblower Directive 2019/1937. This report stated that a review of the directive, which is referred to in Article 27(3), would be finalised no later than 2026. This review or evaluation will assess the functioning of the directive and consider the need for...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Protected Disclosures (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: Everybody should be protected, particularly when they raise wrongdoing with public bodies. I think we all share that objective across the House. We have two areas of legislation between 2014 and 2022, some of which was the transposition of EU legislation and also policy direction in an Irish context. We have different points now in the context of the European review, which is happening,...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Public Expenditure Policy (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I thank Deputy Farrell. Some €106.4 billion in gross voted funding is being provided in 2025 to deliver on Government priorities and commitments. This significant level of investment reflects the priorities of budget 2025 and this Government’s commitment to deliver continued improvements in our infrastructure and enhance our existing public services to build a stronger future....

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Programme for Government sets out the clear ambition to prioritise the delivery of transformative, critical and growth-enhancing infrastructure over the next 5 years. To support these goals, Government has prioritised an early review of the National Development Plan, which is being led by my Department and will be published in July.From February, officials in my Department set about...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Priorities (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: As Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitisation I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. Each Minister is responsible for deciding on the priority programmes and projects that will be delivered under their remit within the NDP and for setting out the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: In 2023, my Department refreshed the requirements for capital projects in the Infrastructure Guidelines, reducing the number of approval stages prior to implementation from 5 to 3 and streamlining the requirements for major projects, raising the level of cost at which a project is considered a major project to €200m. This allows for projects below this limit to proceed more speedily...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Consultations (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: Feedback from stakeholders and the public is crucial to identifying the key barriers to infrastructure delivery and ultimately improving the delivery of infrastructure. To gather this feedback, I launched a Public Consultation on Accelerating Infrastructure on 6 June. This consultation process ran for four weeks to 4 July. The Consultation invited feedback from stakeholders, industry experts...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: EU Funding (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 20 and 27 together. Ireland has been allocated €1.15 billion in funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) in respect of measures included in our National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). The programme period runs from 2021 to 2026. The RRF is a performance-based instrument with payment contingent on the evidenced achievement of the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: As Minister for Public Expenditure Infrastructure Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects or sectoral policy strategies, within the allocations agreed under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Projects (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I propose to take Questions Nos. 23, 25, 73, 74 and 75 together. The Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce is a non-statutory taskforce that has been convened to support the work of my Department’s new Infrastructure Division. The Taskforce’s role is to provide strategic guidance and expert input on how the provision of critical economic infrastructure might be accelerated. ...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Strategies (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: As Minister for Public Expenditure Infrastructure Public Service NDP Reform and Digitalisation, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects or sectoral policy strategies, within the allocations agreed under the...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Third Level Fees (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: The policy responsibility for Higher Education rests with D/FHERIS. As part of the annual Estimates process, line Departments will be considering priorities which fall under their aegis. It will be a matter for each Department to set out these priorities ahead of Budget 2026 discussions, which will begin shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Funding (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Act 2024 established the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund (ICN Fund). The purpose of ICN Fund is to support the economy in times of exceptional need and to support Ireland’s transition to a low carbon economy through the funding of designated environmental projects. A total of €2 billion will be invested...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Legislative Measures (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Programme for Government commits my Department to review the Infrastructure Guidelines and to create a Public Investment Act, requiring sponsoring agencies to meet timelines on development of project appraisals and other evaluations so as to reduce delays in decision making and embed value for money across all capital projects. In April, a series of actions were agreed by Government...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects or sectoral policy strategies, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP),...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Policies (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: In 2023, my Department refreshed the requirements for capital projects in the Infrastructure Guidelines, reducing the number of approval stages prior to implementation from 5 to 3 and streamlining the requirements for major projects, raising the level of cost at which a project is considered a major project to €200m. This allows for projects below this limit to proceed more speedily...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: The Programme for Government sets out the clear ambition to prioritise the delivery of transformative, critical and growth-enhancing infrastructure over the next 5 years. To support these goals, Government has prioritised an early review of the National Development Plan, which is being led by my Department. From February, officials in my Department set about identifying the parameters,...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: Government has prioritised an early review of the National Development Plan, to be published in July. The Programme for Government recognises that delivery of essential infrastructure is a key driver in attracting and retaining investment in Ireland, growing our economy, fostering regional development, delivering on our housing targets as well as achieving our ambitious climate goals. The...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Economic Data (17 Jul 2025)

Jack Chambers: I was pleased to welcome the publication of the IMF’s annual review of the Irish economy, the Staff Report for the 2025 Article IV Consultation, on June 11th this year. Ireland’s 2025 IMF Article IV engagement was set against the backdrop of Budget 2025, a Budget framed in the context of a continued need to improve public services and accelerate infrastructure to support a...