Alan Farrell (Dublin Fingal, Fine Gael)
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131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the status of the implementation of Project Ireland 2040; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30551/22]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The National Planning Framework (NPF) and the National Development Plan (NDP) combine to form Project Ireland 2040. The NPF sets the vision and strategy for development out to 2040 and the current NDP provides the enabling investment to implement that strategy from 2021 to 2030. With an investment in capital of €165 billion, the NDP shows the ambition of the government with the largest ever public capital investment plan in the history of the State.

As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. Management and delivery of individual investment projects within the allocations agreed under the NDP is a key responsibility of every Department and Minister. However, I am conscious of the challenges to the delivery of the NDP being posed by the increases in the prices of construction materials in the aftermath of the pandemic and as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. My Department has put in place a series of policy measures to mitigate those challenges and will continue to assess and respond to a rapidly changing environment.

As the NDP is a high-level financial and budgetary framework it does not outline a comprehensive list of all public investment projects. An extensive list of projects that are currently planned as part of Project Ireland 2040 are available in the capital tracker and the myProjectIreland map published most recently by my Department in May 2022. The tracker provides a composite update on the progress of all major investments that make up Project Ireland 2040. MyProjectIreland is a citizen-focussed interactive map where information can easily be accessed on projects planned for local areas.

The Government is committed to continue to detail the delivery of the National Development Plan at regular intervals into the future to allow for full transparency on the implementation of Project Ireland 2040. This aim will be achieved through regular updates of the capital tracker and map as well as the publication of annual reports and regional reports highlighting Project Ireland 2040 achievements and giving a detailed overview of the public investments which have been made throughout the country.