Written Answers Nos. 88-108
88. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if the recruitment campaign for a new CEO for Failte Ireland will be advertised outside of State; if so, where; and if not, if this campaign will just be advertised within the State. [21335/25]
View answerThe advertisement of the campaign will be an operational matter for Fáilte Ireland. Accordingly, I have referred this question to that agency for direct response to the Deputy. Please advise my private office if you do not receive a reply within ten working days.
89. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the proposals to support the tourism sector due to a decrease in tourism in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21593/25]
View answerI am conscious that the reported number of overseas visitors in early 2025 is down in comparison with last year. Recent CSO figures show a 15% reduction in the number of overseas visitors in March 2025 compared to the corresponding month in 2024. The CSO figures for the first three months of the year show a 23% reduction. To put things in context, however, it's important to remember that the first quarter of the year is traditionally amongst the quietest periods for overseas visitors. Last year, 21% of our total visitors arrived in the first three months. It is notable that when comparing March 2025 to March 2023, visitor numbers are in fact up by 4% while associated revenue is also slightly up (+1%).
While the figures at face value are disappointing, there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic as we enter the peak tourism season. In this regard, it’s worth remembering we’re coming off the back of a strong year for tourism in Ireland, where overseas visitors spent over €6 billion, representing an increase of 11% compared with 2023. Furthermore, I understand that sentiment from the tourism sector itself is positive, with research showing that 39% of businesses anticipate an increase in visitor levels this year, while 47% expect growth in overseas visitors.
This Government is committed to growing Ireland’s tourism industry and, through support for Tourism Ireland and Fáilte Ireland, we will continue to showcase Ireland as a high-quality and accessible destination for both national and international visitors.
The Programme for Government sets out the Government's ambitious plans to strengthen and enhance the tourism sector. The Tourism Policy Framework 2025 – 2030 was published by the previous Government last November. I understand that my colleague, Minister Peter Burke, to whom ministerial responsibility for tourism will soon be transferring by Government Order, has asked officials to consider how commitments in the Programme for Government align with the Policy Framework and to prioritise the finalisation of a new Tourism Policy which reflects the Programme for Government and other Government priorities.
Fáilte Ireland continues to build the appeal of destinations across Ireland by supporting the ongoing development and delivery of exceptional visitor experiences and attractions across the country, with a range of projects set to be completed nationwide in 2025. Fáilte Ireland investment in destination development, capital projects, marketing, and festivals across the country will drive visitors directly to destinations and businesses this year.
Tourism Ireland, the organisation responsible for promoting the island of Ireland overseas as a leading holiday destination, is focused on driving demand through its extensive global marketing campaigns for the rest of the year – from high-impact advertising and digital promotions to compelling travel documentaries. Tourism Ireland will continue to take an agile approach in the development of strategic partnership activity to maximise opportunities for growth in new and developing overseas markets. The organisation actively showcases compelling reasons to visit Ireland, anchored in data as to what is most compelling for today’s visitors. Tourism Ireland works closely with air and sea partners, as well overseas travel trade partners, to support access and drive bookings, ensuring that the island of Ireland can compete as a ‘must-visit’ destination.
90. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocation given to Wicklow County Council for re-letting works of social housing stock from the years from the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21316/25]
View answerThe management and maintenance of local authority housing stock, including pre-letting repairs to vacant properties, the implementation of a planned maintenance programme and carrying out of responsive repairs, are matters for each individual local authority under Section 58 of the Housing Act 1966. Local authorities also have a legal obligation to ensure that all of their tenanted properties are compliant with the provisions of the Housing (Standards for Rented Houses) Regulations, 2019.
Notwithstanding the legal obligation on local authorities to manage and maintain their own stock, my Department provides annual funding support to local authorities for management and maintenance under the current Planned Maintenance/Voids Programme.
A breakdown of the funding received by Wicklow County Council and the number of properties that were remediated can be accessed on my Department’s website at the following link:
www.gov.ie/en/collection/0906a-other-local-authority-housing-scheme-statistics/#voids-programme.
Full details in relation to delivery under the 2024 Planned Maintenance/Voids Programme will be published across all local authorities presently.
My Department will continue to support local authorities in their work in this area this year and €31 million of funding has been made available of which Wicklow County Council have been allocated €1.06 million.
91. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his role and responsibility in relation to Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21371/25]
View answer92. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2025 Coastal Lagoons Report outlining the significant degradation of Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford, which is a special protection area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21372/25]
View answer93. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will convene a stakeholder group including, but not limited to, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Wexford County Council, local landowners and the Environmental Protection Agency to develop a remediation plan for Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21373/25]
View answer94. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions his Department intends to take to address the widely reported decline of Lady's Island Lake, County Wexford; the way in which he intends to bring it back, in compliance with the EU Habitats Directive and the Water Framework Directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21395/25]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 91 to 94, inclusive, together.
The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) of my Department has responsibility for the designation of the Lady's Island Lake Special Protection Area under Statutory Instrument 69 of 2010 and the Lady's Island Lake Special Area of Conservation under Statutory Instrument 292 of 2018. The NPWS carries out certain nature conservation projects including the wardening of seabird breeding islands in Lady's Island Lake and, in conjunction with the National Botanic Gardens, a project to protect the population of Cottonweed, which is the last population of this species in the UK or Ireland.
Water levels in Lady’s Island are currently managed by cutting a pathway through a sandpit that separates the lagoon from the sea. This also serves a function in releasing a build-up of nutrients in the lagoon water body, a well-known pollution concern. The ‘cutting’, which is managed by the NPWS, is considered to be an unsustainable long-term solution, however, to water management of the lagoon. To address this, I understand that Wexford County Council propose to replace incremental cutting with a permanent engineered solution between Lady's Island Lake and the sea. The proposed engineering works would manage water levels effectively. However, the works, as currently designed, may lower salinity levels due to a reduced saline intrusion input. This could impact on lagoon ecology, with implications for EU Habitats Directive reporting, as also identified in the EPA report. In terms of the ecology of the lagoon, and the ongoing management of water levels, I can confirm that the NPWS is currently carrying out a monitoring programme at Lady’s Island to establish baseline conditions across the lagoon. This will provide the information needed to assess the current condition of the lagoon, its influence and support on lagoon ecology, and the threshold levels that must be aimed for in engineering management to control lagoon water levels.
Under the EC (Birds and Natural Habitats) Regulations 2011, responsibility for general protection of these designated areas lies with all public authorities with relevant functions, such as Wexford Co Co and LAWPRO with water quality protection functions. LAWPRO (The Local Authorities Water Programme) works on behalf of Ireland’s 31 local authorities to protect and restore good water quality in our rivers, lakes, estuaries, ground and coastal water through catchment science and local community engagement. LAWPRO is the lead agency on progressing actions to restore water quality in this specific catchment area.
95. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE senior mapping managers and superintendent of mappings that are employed by his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [21442/25]
View answerMy Department does not employ any staff in the Grades of Senior Mapping Manager or Superintendent of Mapping.
We do not generally keep a record of the qualifications held by staff members and accordingly there may be staff working in various roles in the Department who are qualified in this area but who have applied for different positions.
96. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when people in Skerries will be able to access a scheme for remediation and compensation for homes built with defective blocks; if he is aware that they have been waiting a considerable number of years for this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21463/25]
View answer97. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Housing Agency plans to increase the thresholds in terms of the value of homes that can be considered for inclusion in the mortgage-to-rent scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21703/25]
View answerThe 2021 Review of the Mortgage to Rent Scheme was published by my Department in January 2022 and is available on my Department's website. One key priority action from this Review was to broaden the eligibility criteria of the scheme and this was implemented in February 2022. This included changes to the positive equity and property acquisition limits and more flexibility on over-accommodation where a member of the household is aged 65 or over, or has a disability.
My Department keeps the eligibility criteria for the Mortgage to Rent scheme under ongoing review and, from 1 November 2024, further increases in the property price thresholds were introduced, to reflect market conditions in the residential housing sector and to ensure households at risk of losing their homes due to mortgage arrears can continue to avail of the Mortgage to Rent scheme can do so, one all other qualifying criteria is met.
This increase in property price thresholds from 1 November 2024 are set out in the table below:
|
Property Type |
Higher Threshold Area (Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Louth, Meath, Wicklow) |
Normal Threshold Area (Rest of Country) |
|
House |
€515,000 (up from previous limit of €450k) |
€395,000 (up from previous limit of €345k) |
|
Apartment / Townhouse |
€385,000 (up from previous limit of €335k) |
€265,000 (up from previous limit of €230k) |
These changes will allow some borrowers, whose property would not previously have met the qualifying criteria for the Mortgage to Rent scheme, to now apply.
In light of these very recent updates to the price threshold criteria of the Mortgage to Rent scheme, there are currently no plans to change limits further.
The 2021 Review of the Mortgage to Rent Scheme is available at www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/publications/2021-review-of-the-mortgage-to-rent-scheme-for-borrowers-of-commercial-private-lending-institutions/
98. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive a decision regarding their appeal submitted in July 2024 regarding domiciliary care allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21392/25]
View answerThe Social Welfare Appeals Office is an Office of the Department of Social Protection which is responsible for determining appeals against decisions in relation to social welfare entitlements. Appeals Officers are independent in their decision making functions.
I am advised by the Social Welfare Appeals Office that an Appeals Officer, having fully considered all of the available evidence, has decided to allow the appeal of the person concerned by way of a summary decision. The person concerned has been notified of the Appeals Officer’s decision.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
99. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the current projects under the remit of his Department that received EU funding in 2024 and to date in 2025; and the percentage of the funding that was actually funded by the EU in each of those projects, in tabular form. [21456/25]
View answerThe Department of Social Protection receives EU Funding under the following EU programmes.
The current programme is the European Social Fund Plus Employment, Inclusion, Skills and Training Programme (ESF+EIST 2021-2027) which is a cross-Government programme managed by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science. The Department has four schemes within this programme which are co-funded by the EU and the Government of Ireland.
The previous programme was the European Social Fund Programme for Employability, Inclusion and Learning (ESF PEIL 2014-2020), also managed by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research Innovation and Science. In 2022, PEIL was amended to programme Ireland’s tranche of REACT EU funding, resulting in the creation of a new priority within the programme to assist Member States with the cost of provision of supports to persons granted temporary protection fleeing Ukraine under the Temporary Protection Directive. The Department submitted a claim in June 2024 under the REACT element of the PEIL programme.
DSP was the lead partner in a project called Lone Parents Digital Activation which was co-financed by the European Programme for Employment and Social Innovation (EASI). The project has now completed but funding was received in 2024.
Details of schemes and their EU funding percentage are set out in the table below.
|
Scheme |
Programme |
2024 |
2025 (ytd) |
|
Back to Work Enterprise Allowance |
ESF+ EIST 2021-2027 |
3% * |
Nil |
|
JobsPlus |
ESF+ EIST 2021-2027 |
3% * |
Nil |
|
WorkAbility |
ESF+ EIST 2021-2027 |
3% * |
Nil |
|
Assistance to the Most Deprived |
ESF+ EIST 2021-2027 |
3% * |
Nil |
|
Child Benefit |
ESF PEIL 2014-2020 |
90% + |
Nil |
|
Lone Parents Digital Activation |
EASI |
80% & |
Nil |
Note 1 * - Represents pre-finance only.
Note 2 + - Remaining 10% subject to final EU audit.
Note 3 & - EU Co-financed 80%.
100. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade based in Department's central debt recovery unit as of 23 April 2025, in tabular form. [21457/25]
View answerOverpayments of social welfare assistance and benefit payments arise because of decisions made under the relevant sections of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 2005 (as amended). Customers who have been overpaid social welfare have a liability to refund the overpayment as they have been in receipt of a payment to which they were not entitled.
The Department has a central debt unit of 41 staff that deal with recovery of overpayments from customers who are not in receipt of a social welfare payment. This unit is made up of 1 Assistant Principal, 4 Higher Executive Officers, 16 Executive Officers and 20 Clerical officers.
Customers, with overpayments, who are in receipt of a social welfare payment, are dealt with by the relevant scheme area or INTREO office, depending on the scheme or locality. All staff in these scheme areas and INTREO offices may be involved in recovery of overpayments.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
101. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers employed by the Department as of 24 April 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 30 April 2022, in tabular form. [21500/25]
View answerThe delivery of vital locally based Community Welfare Services (CWS) to meet the challenges and the needs of citizens across the country is a priority for me and for my Department. The Community Welfare Service provides a flexible service to meet the different needs of people, who may find themselves in a financially difficult or vulnerable situation. It is a priority that this service is easily accessible and responsive to our client’s needs.
Community Welfare Officers (CWOs) are physically on site daily in over 50 Intreo Centres across the country where they are available without an appointment, during business hours, Monday to Friday. In addition to meeting people in Intreo Centres and Department of Social Protection offices, CWOs can facilitate an appointment within a short time of a person requiring such a meeting, at a mutually agreed location, including at the person's home. This reflects my commitment to continue to support the delivery of locally based services.
Due to the restructuring of the CWS service into a national service in 2022, it is not possible to provide comparative information relating to the number of CWOs prior to October 2022. The number of working time equivalent (WTE) CWOs engaged in the delivery of CWS nationwide as of 24 April 2025 and October 2022 are as follows:
|
Year |
No. WTE CWOs |
|
24 April 2025 |
308.56 |
|
October 2022 |
294.79 |
While local face-to-face engagement with people continues to be a cornerstone of the community welfare service, it is important to mention that a person does not need to meet with a CWO to make an application and any person who needs to access the CWS can call the National CWS freephone number at 0818 60 70 80, to make an appointment or arrange to speak directly to a CWO. A person can speak with a CWO over the phone if they do not wish to travel to meet with a CWO in person. This service is used by customers in rural areas in particular, who can have their needs met without the requirement to travel.
I trust this clarifies the matter.
102. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection to report on the work his Department is taking alongside the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the Youth Homeless Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21649/25]
View answerA national Youth Homelessness Strategy was published in November 2022 and aims to help young people aged 18 - 24 years who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. My department is represented on the Youth Homelessness Strategy Steering Group and is responsible for delivering on Action 25 of the Youth Homelessness Strategy. This action is to “Review work experience, placements, training opportunities etc. run by the DSP that are currently available to ensure that they are serving young people experiencing homelessness. Promote awareness of same among homeless service providers. Identify any gaps in provision and make recommendations to address.”
Department officials prepared a comprehensive report and delivered a synopsis of this report to the Youth Homelessness Strategy Steering Group on 4th December 2024 detailing our provision of schemes and services to the homeless. This included;
• An outline of the programme and scheme opportunities from the Department of Social Protection open to those experiencing Youth Homelessness.
• An overview of the Work and Training schemes available to Youth Homelessness including Back to Work Enterprise Allowance, Back to Education Allowance, Community Employment, The Work Placement Experience Programme, JobsPlus and the Wage Subsidy Scheme.
• Access to Employment Supports.
• Community Welfare Service.
• Promoting awareness of our supports.
The Department has also reviewed the Employment and Youth Engagement Charter and extended participation of this initiative to support those experiencing homelessness.
Housing is a major social and economic challenge that touches every generation. I am very aware of the current difficulties with supply versus demand. While it is acknowledged that it is a fundamental challenge, this Government is working towards finding solutions and the Programme for Government includes a number of actions under the commitment to reduce homelessness and protect vulnerable households.
Achieving these actions will require a cross departmental approach. My department will continue to support families and individuals in private rented accommodation through the provision of Rent Supplement. The scheme ensures that those who were renting, but whose circumstances have changed can continue to meet their rental commitments, reducing the risk of homelessness.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
103. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of young people aged 18 years to 25 years that have received an exceptional needs payment in each of the years 2021 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21650/25]
View answerUnder the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme, my department may make Additional Needs Payments to help meet essential expenses that a person cannot pay from their weekly income or other personal and household resources. This is an overarching term used to refer to exceptional and urgent needs payments, and certain supplements.
The scheme is demand led and payments are made at the discretion of the officers administering the scheme taking into account the requirements of the legislation and all the relevant circumstances of the case in order to ensure that the payments target those most in need of assistance.
Table 1 shows the number of Additional Need Payments made to people aged 18 to 25 years old from 2021 to 2024.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
Tabular Statement
Table 1 – Additional Needs Payments made to people aged 18 to 25 years old from 2021 to 2024.
|
Year |
No. of Payments |
|
2021* |
5,214 |
|
2022 |
10,003 |
|
2023 |
9,880 |
|
2024 |
11,959 |
*The reporting of this scheme was revised in 2022 to include reoccurring supplements in the overarching term of an Additional Needs Payment. The 2021 data does not include such supplements.
104. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if carer’s benefit could be considered as a scheme to be transformed into a pay-related one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21652/25]
View answerThe Programme for Government commits to examining the introduction of a Pay Related Carer’s Benefit for individuals who have to give up work suddenly in order to provide full-time care. In terms of roll-out of Pay-Related Benefits, the Programme for Government also contains a commitment to introduce a Pay-Related Parent’s Benefit.
The new Jobseeker's Pay-Related Benefit scheme commenced on 31st March. This experience will help to inform future decisions regarding pay-related schemes.
I am committed to supporting our family carers and I will continue to keep the range of supports provided by my department under review in an overall budgetary and policy context.
I trust this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
105. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied); if matters will be clarified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21704/25]
View answerThe person concerned reached pension age on 15 January 2025.
To be eligible for the standard state pension (contributory) an individual must have at least 520 full-rate contributions. To qualify for a mixed insurance pension, 520 employment contributions are required, of which at least 260 must be full-rate contributions with the remainder made up of modified contributions.
The records of my Department show the person concerned has a total of 123 full-rate reckonable paid contributions. As this falls short of the requisite 520 full-rate contributions for the standard state pension (contributory) and the 260 full-rate contributions for a mixed insurance pension, the person concerned was notified on 2 October 2024 that they did not qualify for a pension.
This decision was appealed to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. The decision to disallow the pension was upheld by the Appeals Officer.
Earned income is liable for PRSI regardless of future pension entitlement. The class A contributions paid by the person concerned during the 1990s are not considered reckonable for pension purposes as they were paid as part of subsidiary employment.
Since 1 January 2024, a person can claim their state pension (contributory) at any age between 66 and 70. This allows a person to continue to pay PRSI after age 66 to improve their contribution record. It is open to the person concerned to take up insurable employment or self employment to increase their full-rate contributions and apply for their state pension (contributory) at a later stage.
I hope this clarifies the position for the Deputy.
106. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if an application by a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; the status of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21706/25]
View answerThe Humanitarian Assistance Scheme (HAS), administered by my department through the Community Welfare Service (CWS), was activated on 23 January 2025 to assist householders affected across the country by Storm Éowyn.
According to the records of the Department, the person concerned applied for a HAS stage 1 payment to assist with the additional costs incurred as a result of Storm Éowyn. I am pleased to advise you that the person concerned has been awarded a payment towards the additional costs incurred as a result of the enduring power outages. The person concerned will be notified of this outcome in writing and payment will issue to their nominated bank account in 2 – 3 working days.
I trust this clarifies the matter.
107. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the projected recruitment pipeline for prison officers in 2025 to 2027; the projected attrition rate; and the expected net staffing change. [21490/25]
View answerI can advise the Deputy that the Irish Prison Service continually monitors the staffing requirements of, and vacancies that arise in, the organisation. The Irish Prison Service routinely reviews the resource requirement across the estate based on the prisoner cohort and the expanding prison population.
The staff requirement has increased to meet demand on the service. Recruitment campaigns are put in place as required and since 2016 the Irish Prison Service, in conjunction with the Public Appointments Service, has run seven Recruit Prison Officer campaigns.
Recruit Prison Officer campaigns have launched annually since 2022 and it is expected that this will continue in the coming years. Planning is underway for the launch of the 2025 campaign in July. The Irish Prison Service aims to recruit 300 prison officers in 2025.
Prison Officers leaving the Irish Prison Service do so primarily on the basis of retirement. Prison Officers (excluding Single Scheme post 01/01/2013 hires) can retire at between 50 and 55 years of age, if they have 30 years of actual Prison Service completed. All Prison Officers can retire, regardless of service, on reaching their 55th birthday.
The Courts, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 came into law on 19/08/2024. This extended the Mandatory retirement Age (MRA) from 60 to 62. This means that there are no compulsory retirements of Prison Officers due until 19/08/2026 at the earliest and this makes forecasting retirement levels somewhat more challenging. Nevertheless the historical pattern of retirement in the Irish Prison Service is that approximately 20% of the eligible cohort of staff in any given year tend to retire. On that basis it is estimated that there could be 300 retirements between 2025 and 2027.
108. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice the estimated annual cost of detaining one person in prison versus the cost of supervising one person on a community sanction, and the projected fiscal impact of achieving the Department of Justice's 1,500 additional prison place target versus equivalent investment in community measures. [21491/25]
View answerI am advised by my officials in the Irish Prison Service that the average annual cost of an available, staffed prison space during the calendar year 2024 was €99,072. This includes net expenditure incurred within the year (such as salaries, utilities/ maintenance, ICT, prison services, etc.) excluding capital expenditure on buildings, ICT and vehicle purchases.
Further, I have been advised by the Probation Service that, based on 2019 data compiled by their Finance Unit, the unit cost of a probation supervision order is €5,700. The Probation Service informs me that it intends to review and update the costing model for assessment and supervision this year.
With regard to the fiscal impact of delivering 1,500 additional prison places, all new capital building projects must be planned in line with the Infrastructure Guidelines, which outline the steps that must be taken to plan and deliver large projects to ensure value for money, and involve significant planning, a range of assessments and approval gates.
As part of this process, an economic appraisal and financial analysis are carried out at the start of all large projects. Individual projects to deliver the 1,500 spaces will be progressed through this process over the lifetime of the capital plan and will be progressed in line with the available funds, which will be determined through the review of the National Development Plan.
