Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 780: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government if the National Spatial Strategy is still his policy; his plans to prepare and publish a progress report on the implementation of the strategy; if implementation or progress is being assessed in any way and if so how and if he will consider preparing a new or revised spatial strategy. [14947/10]

John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department is currently finalising an NSS Update and Outlook Report which restates the key principles of the Government's National Spatial Strategy, analyses progress with implementation of the NSS seven years into its 20-year time horizon, assesses its achievements to date and outlines the remaining challenges and actions necessary to support economic recovery and competitiveness. Proposed actions focus on better alignment and prioritisation of sectoral infrastructure investment, especially in the Gateway cities which act as economic drivers for their wider regions, and the promotion of more sustainable patterns of development through more effective, evidence-based planning policies at regional and local levels.

I expect to submit the Report to Government shortly and to publish it soon thereafter.