Sinéad Gibney (Dublin Rathdown, Social Democrats)
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96. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 666 of 29 April 2025, if there is any formal tabular measurement of the regional balance with respect to the Government’s NDP capital investment commitment of €165 billion 2021-30 or budget 2025 provision of almost €15 billion and €3 billion proceeds of the AIB sharing sale to monitor or evaluate expenditure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31212/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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As indicated in my previous response, while balanced regional development is a key priority of this Government and is at the heart of Project Ireland 2040, as Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitisation I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments, including in the recent Budget, and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level, not geographically.

The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects or sectoral policy strategies, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual sponsoring Department in each case. Each Minister is responsible for deciding on the priority programmes and projects that will be delivered under their remit within the NDP and for setting out the timelines for delivery. Expenditure is therefore allocated and monitored on a Departmental basis and not a geographical basis.

The Government is committed to detailing progress on the delivery of the NDP at regular intervals to allow for full transparency of the implementation of Project Ireland 2040. This is achieved through regular updates of the Project Ireland 2040 capital investment tracker and MyProjectIreland interactive map viewer, as well as the publication of annual reports and regional reports highlighting Project Ireland 2040 achievements throughout the country.

In addition, in ensuring value for money, the Programme for Government also commits to deliver necessary improvements in how government Departments report capital spending on an annual basis to ensure greater transparency and oversight of expenditure on a regional basis. This will include consideration of the need for statutory reporting obligations, as appropriate.