Naoise Ó Cearúil (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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548. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital investment allocated to County Kildare under the National Development Plan from 2022 to 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58699/25]

Naoise Ó Cearúil (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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549. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the capital investment allocated to each county under the National Development Plan from 2022 to 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58700/25]

Naoise Ó Cearúil (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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550. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of major infrastructure projects planned, commenced, and completed in Kildare North under the NDP from 2022 to 2025, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58705/25]

Naoise Ó Cearúil (Kildare North, Fianna Fail)
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551. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of projects in Kildare North delayed or deferred under the National Development Plan from 2022 to 2025, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58706/25]

Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 548, 549, 550 and 551 together.

As Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitisation I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level.

As part of the budgetary process each year, my Department sets the overall expenditure ceilings for each Ministerial Vote Group. These are laid out at Vote level in the Budget day Expenditure Report published in October with further detail provided in the Revised Estimates for Public Services published in December.

Following the allocation of each Ministerial Expenditure Ceiling, it is the responsibility for each Minister to assign funding as appropriate at programme and subhead level for their Departments and the agencies under their remit taking into account the demands for services in different areas and regions, having regard to demographics and other relevant factors. Within this process, both current and capital expenditure are allocated on a Departmental basis and not a geographic basis.

The revised National Development Plan, published in July, set out €275.4 billion in public capital investment to 2035 – the largest and most significant capital injection in our economy in the history of the State. Following the agreement of the revised NDP in July 2025, gross capital expenditure ceilings for all sectors have now been set out to 2030.

While Government has prioritised investment towards the critical growth-enabling sectors of housing, energy, water and transport all Departments are now tasked with developing sectoral plans for the upcoming 5 years out to 2030, which will detail priority projects to be progressed. Departments must ensure that the plans are affordable within the gross capital expenditure ceilings as agreed by Government. These plans will be published in the coming weeks.

Since Project Ireland 2040 was first launched in 2018, the Government has overseen the delivery of many impactful NDP projects across the country, including in Kildare such as the widening of the M7 Naas to Newbridge bypass, the Sallins bypass, Maynooth University Technology Society and Innovation Building, a new 1,000 pupil post-primary school in Naas Community College and a Naas Library. Numerous smaller projects have also been delivered or are planned for Kildare in the housing, education and cultural sectors, including the delivery of hundreds of new housing units over recent years across towns such as Naas, Athy, Maynooth, Newbridge and Kilcock.

In the recently published Budget, Exchequer capital expenditure of €19.1 billion was allocated for 2026, an increase of €2 billion over 2025 for investment in infrastructure projects and programmes across the country. This includes investment to progress projects in Kildare, including:

• Student accommodation in Maynooth University
• Supporting the protection and renewal of the heavy rail network, as well as fleet renewal
• Development of the Dart+ programme
• Progression of the Grand Canal Greenway
• Investment in the Eastern and Midlands Region Water Supply Project
• Progression of the Uisce Éireann Enfield to Kilcock Trunkmain Project and Leixlip Water Treatment Plant Upgrade
• As well as smaller projects in Kildare across sectors such as housing, schools, and culture.