Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 October 2023
44. Deputy Alan Dillon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will outline the progress in reviewing the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46906/23]
View answerIn March 2023, I presented to Government a package of significant actions aimed at enhancing project delivery for the NDP. Among these actions, I committed to an independent mid-term evaluation of investment priorities and capacity of the NDP, focusing on the capacity to deliver current Government priorities, to utilise sectoral capital allocations and to estimate the impact of the NDP on key economic indicators. The ESRI was commissioned to carry out this evaluation in April 2023. It is anticipated that the report will be received by my Department in the next number of weeks and will be published during Q4 this year.
On foot of the report, my Department will finalise its considerations during November to commence the process of agreeing sectoral NDP allocations out to 2028, with a view to the publication of the revised NDP sectoral allocations during Q1 2024.
