Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 683: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the extent to which the targets set by and for his Department in the national development plan are achievable on time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30638/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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I refer to the reply to Questions Nos. 78, 81, 119, 131 and 268 of 9 February 2005.

In summary, I am satisfied my Department is making good progress overall in meeting the budgetary and output targets in the implementation of measures under the national development plan. While certain measures were slow to show progress initially, expenditure on, and output rates of, such measures have accelerated. I am confident this trend will continue for the remaining period of the national development plan.

All the NDP measures for which my Department is responsible are contained within the economic and social infrastructure operational programme, the regional operational programme for the southern and eastern region, and the regional operational programme for the BMW region. Progress under these programmes to end June 2005 will be reported shortly. The substance of these updated reviews of progress on the programmes will also be available shortly on the relevant websites —www.transport.ie, www.seregassembly.ie, and www. bmwassembly.ie.