ARTICLE · 18 OCTOBER 2021

Key Points On The National Development Plan 2021-2030

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On 4 October 2021, the Irish Government published its revised National Development Plan 2021-2030...

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On 4 October 2021, the Irish Government published its revised National Development Plan 2021-2030 (the "NDP") which includes an infrastructure investment package of €165 billion over a 10 year period.

This revised NDP is the result of a review of the previous plan (published in 2018) which commenced in October 2020. The full text of the revised NDP is available on the Project Ireland 2040 webpage, together with an updated Investment Tracker and MyProjectIreland mapping tool which provide details on specific projects and may be helpful for private sector stakeholders who wish to identify potential opportunities in the Irish project pipeline.

To financially support the delivery of the NDP, the Irish Government also committed in its 2022 Budget (published on 12 October 2021) to an increase in capital investment for infrastructure of 13% (€1.3 billion) over the 2021 allocations, with a particular focus on housing (€3.4 billion), transport (€2.5 billion), health

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