Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The Review of the Capital Plan was published on the 14 of September 2017, and a copy of the report was made available to each Deputy on that day.

The review of the Capital Plan draws on an evidence base that included submissions by Departments and Offices, an extensive public consultation, and also an Infrastructure Capacity and Demand Analysis completed by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.

I also published the Major Capital Projects Tracker, which lists a range of projects and programmes committed to by Departments over the period of the Capital Plan. Copies of the documentation and the Major Capital Projects Tracker can be found atwww.per.gov.ie.

The findings of the review assisted Government in selecting priorities for the allocation of the additional €4.3 billion capital expenditure allocated in Budget 2018 over the period to 2021. 

Building on this, a new 10-year capital plan is currently in the process of being finalised.  The plan, which will be published early in the new year alongside the new National Planning Framework detailed in the Ireland 2040 Plan, will set out the Government's intentions in relation to public capital investment beyond 2021 and will demonstrate how public investment will underpin the delivery of the Strategic Outcomes detailed in the Ireland 2040 Plan.