Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The National Development Plan 2021 – 2030 (NDP) published in October 2021 provides a detailed and positive vision for Ireland over the next 10 years, and delivers total public investment of €165 billion over the period 2021-2030. This remains the overarching policy document for the priorities to be delivered in the 2021 to 2030 period.

From that total investment, between 2021 and 2023 almost €33 billion in core capital funding has been made available from the Exchequer for investment in public capital projects. As Minister for Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments. My Ministerial colleagues in Government are responsible for the delivery of the NDP projects that fall under their remit.

In terms of reviewing priorities and the capacity to deliver the NDP, an independent evaluation of investment priorities and capacity of the National Development Plan (NDP) was commissioned by my Department earlier this year. This work has been conducted by the ESRI, and my Department has recently received the final draft. The evaluation focuses on the capacity to deliver current Government priorities, to utilise sectoral capital allocations and estimates the impact of components of the NDP on key economic indicators. It is expected that the report will be published shortly.

Following the publication of this report, my Department will consider the process to underpin sectoral NDP allocations out to 2028. My Department will engage with Departments in 2024 in relation to their broad objectives for delivery of priority projects and programmes out to 2028, in line with the overall NDP framework.