Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 125: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when the national development plan is to be reviewed; and his plans for this review. [8775/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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My Department has already conducted a major review of capital expenditure programmes across Government in 2011. On foot of this we have set out our capital investment priorities for the next five years in Infrastructure and Capital Investment 2012-2016, which we published on 10 November 2011.

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 126: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to introduce a green book appraisal system similar to that in the UK. [8778/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In the Comprehensive Expenditure Report 2012-2014 published last December, I set out a range of reform initiatives designed to modernise our system of public expenditure management and planning. As part of this reform process, I introduced a new Value for Money (VFM) Code, a central point of reference for the public service on good practice in the areas of evaluation, appraisal and prioritisation of public funds. The VFM Code, which is accessible on-line at http://VFM.per.gov.ie, consolidates, updates and streamlines earlier elements of the national VFM framework, including the Capital Appraisal Guidelines.