Seanad debates
Wednesday, 5 November 2003
National Development Plan Mid-Term Evaluation: Statements.
There will be no recasting of the plan's strategy and priorities. While it is the Government's intention to continue to progress implementation of the plan, it will be prepared to adapt investment priorities over the period to 2006, if necessary, in the light of the evolving situation and available resources. The clear message from the ESRI evaluation is that the Government has got it right in terms of prioritisation of resources. The allocation of resources for investment is an important issue and the Minister for Finance is already on record as favouring a multi-annual regime for capital investment. The Minister wants to bring about a situation where Departments and agencies can have reasonable certainty on the availability of capital resources over a number of years. Such an approach would undoubtedly facilitate better programme and project management.
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