Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 422: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the projects contained in the new national development plan that will be procured and commenced in 2007 in his Department; when they will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5791/07]

Olivia Mitchell (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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Question 423: To ask the Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources the large scale infrastructure projects which will be completed during the lifetime of the new national development plan within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5802/07]

Noel Dempsey (Meath, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 422 and 423 together.

The new National Development Plan (NDP) is a strategic document setting out a wide-ranging investment framework and investment priorities, in addition to indicative financial allocations, over the period 2007-2013. The plan does not include details at a project level of initiatives to be undertaken in 2007 and/or over the period of the Plan, nor does it prescribe commencement and completion dates. It provides the overarching framework within which projects will be undertaken over the full strategic period of delivery. My Department is committed to delivery of NDP initiatives across its broad range of economic and development policy areas. The Department is currently preparing a schedule for these areas as they relate to the NDP and I will provide this document to the Deputy in the near future.