Michael Lowry (Tipperary North, Independent)
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Question 247: To ask the Minister for Finance when he expects to have completed drafting of the National Development Plan 2007 to 2013; if an independent ex-ante evaluation will be commissioned on the draft plan; when he expects to publish the final plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38569/06]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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It is intended that the NDP 2007-2013 will be published in January next. The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) was commissioned by my Department to undertake an independent ex-ante evaluation of the investment priorities for the NDP 2007-2013. The ESRI's report was published on the 24th of October 2006.