Written answers

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government

Regional Development Initiatives

Photo of Tony McLoughlinTony McLoughlin (Sligo-Leitrim, Fine Gael)
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279. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of the announcement of regional projects within the Ireland 2040 plan, specifically those relating to counties Sligo and Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14474/18]

Photo of Eoghan MurphyEoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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Project Ireland 2040, which was launched by the Government last month, sets out the long-term planning and investment strategy for the country and contains a wide range of major investment projects and commitments within the 10-year National Development Plan.

In addition, the 20-year National Planning Frameworkoutlines the broader policy principles and priorities to plan in a more strategic and coordinated manner for an estimated 1 million increase in our population, with the requirement for over 600,000 new jobs and over 550,000 new homes by 2040, and its principles are underpinned by the capital investment priorities within the NDP.

My Department has secured substantial capital funding resources under the 10-year NDP in the areas of housing, water services infrastructure and other key delivery areas, and will be working closely with the local government sector and our other agencies to further develop and implement the actions and projects identified.

Details of sectoral investment and priority projects are already listed throughout both documents, which are available on the dedicated webpage, www.gov.ie/en/project-ireland-2040.

Programme and project identification to enable overall implementation of Project Ireland 2040 will also be progressed at national, regional and local levels, through specific measures contained in Project Ireland 2040, allied to forthcoming Regional Spatial and Economic Strategies (RSESs) being developed by the three Regional Assemblies by the end of this year These Strategies will subsequently be further elaborated upon at local authority city and county development plan levels.

Accordingly, given the long-term outlook of Project Ireland 2040, the planning and investment process at regional level will necessarily be a rolling one and will be subject to both regular updates through the Project Ireland 2040website and appropriate oversight arrangements currently being progressed by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and my Department.

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