The Government has committed to investing €165 billion in capital programmes and projects through the National Development Plan (NDP) published last year. In 2022, almost €12 billion is available to spend on vital infrastructure in areas such as housing, transport, education, enterprise, sport and climate action and our annual capital investment as a percentage of national income is among the largest in the EU. As Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. My Department is also responsible for maintaining the national frameworks within which Departments operate to ensure appropriate accounting for and value for money in public expenditure is achieved. The responsibility for identifying, managing and delivering the individual investment projects, within the allocations agreed under the NDP, rests with the individual sponsoring Department in each case.
The NDP sets out programme priorities across the range of investment sectors that the Deputy has identified including public transport, roads investment and water services, and a range of other high priority investment programmes. In addition, the Government's Investment Projects and Programmes Tracker provides further detail on the progress of key infrastructure schemes.
