Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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300. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will ensure that the Navan to Dublin rail line is included for designated funding in the review of the National Development Plan (details supplied). [36044/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The Review of the National Development Plan (NDP) will allocate funding to update capital expenditure ceilings out to 2035. Sectoral capital allocations will be published in the Review document in July, in line with the Programme for Government commitment.

In total, around €97 billion in capital funding will be allocated until 2030, which reflects an almost €20 billion increase from current NDP ceilings. In allocating funding, Government will be required to make decisions on strategic project selection and prioritisation, to align with national priorities and make the maximum use of State resources.

Prioritisation of the available funding is necessary to deliver on the ambition of the Review to provide the supporting infrastructure to enable the delivery of 300,000 additional homes by 2030 and to boost our competitiveness.

Aligned with that vision, the Programme for Government lists critical priorities to improve our infrastructure through the review of the National Development Plan. These are: housing, energy, water, transport and health digitalisation. Prioritisation will therefore focus on the funding requirements of priority projects within these critical priority areas, of which Transport in a critical priority, to support the focus of the Review.

Decisions on funding allocations to sectors, including Transport, in support of sectoral projects, will therefore be taken on the basis of evidence provided by spending departments on capacity to deliver, in alignment with the review priorities.