Mairéad Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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197. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 150 and 151 of 14 November 2023, if Departments are permitted to feed into the ESRI’s report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50986/23]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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As set out in my reply of 14 November 2023, an independent evaluation of investment priorities and capacity of the National Development Plan (NDP) is currently being conducted by the ESRI. The evaluation is focusing on the capacity to deliver current Government priorities, to utilise sectoral capital allocations and to estimate the impact of the NDP on key economic indicators.

Given the independent nature of the analysis being undertaken by the ESRI, Departments are not required to feed into the report. The report will be published during Q4 this year. On foot of the ESRI report, my Department will commence the process of agreeing sectoral NDP allocations out to 2028, with a view to the publication of the revised NDP sectoral allocations in 2024. As part of this process, my Department will engage with Departments as appropriate in relation to their broad objectives for delivery of priority projects and programmes out to 2028, in line with the overall NDP framework.