Ciarán Cuffe (Dún Laoghaire, Green Party)
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Question 174: To ask the Minister for Finance if there will be individual timeframes published for the implementation of the various components of the National Development Plan. [4074/07]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The text of the Plan already contains specific targets including, completion of the Inter-Urban Motorways by 2010, a range of specific outputs in public transport in line with the Transport 21 timetable, completion of the 2nd terminal at Dublin Airport, commitment to meeting the housing needs of 140,000 households, increasing annual tourist numbers to 10m by 2012 and for renewable energy. In addition, Chapter 3 of the Plan sets out specific interventions by Gateway area to be undertaken over the period of the Plan.

More generally, financial and physical progress under the Plan will be monitored by reference to a reporting template which will be prepared by my Department. I anticipate that this template will encompass some additional timelines for Plan investment implementation in addition to those included in the Plan as published. A Central NDP Monitoring Committee will also be established and there will be an Annual Report to the Oireachtas on Plan progress.