John Curran (Dublin Mid West, Fianna Fail)
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36. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he will publish submissions made by Ministers and Departments with regard to the mid-term capital review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26048/17]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As part of the Mid Term Review of the Capital Plan, which is currently ongoing, my Department wrote to all Government Departments in January inviting submissions. These submissions were to include, inter alia, proposals for reprioritisation within existing allocations to reflect developments or changes in priorities since the Plan was published in 2015 and any new proposals to utilise the additional capital funding now available for allocation over the period 2018-2021. 

While submissions are still being received from Departments, my own Department has already commenced the process of engaging on a bilateral basis with Departments that have furnished submissions to discuss the proposals and priorities in their submissions. 

My Department's assessment of the submissions received as part of the Capital Review will be based on a number of pieces of research, for example, an Infrastructure Capacity and Demand Analysis carried out by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service. 

It is my intention to publish all of the submissions received from Departments once the current deliberative process is complete.

The Deputy may wish to note that a public consultation in relation to the Review was held in April to ascertain the views of the public and key stakeholders on what our national infrastructure priorities should be. The consultation also sought views on infrastructure investment priorities beyond the period of the current Capital Plan, which will help formulate a longer term Capital Plan for the next 10 years.  A response to these submissions will also be published by my Department in due course.