Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 16 April 2026
74. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome (NSO) 7 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27628/26]
View answerAs Minister for Public Expenditure; Infrastructure; Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, I am responsible for setting the overall capital allocations across Departments and for monitoring monthly expenditure at Departmental level. The responsibility for the management and delivery of individual investment projects or sectoral policy strategies, within the allocations agreed under the National Development Plan (NDP), rests with the individual sponsoring Department in each case.
NSO 7 deals with the delivery of Enhanced Amenity and Heritage.
Key priorities under NSO 7 include:
• Development of a national Velodrome and Badminton Centre.
• Further Investment in our National Archive which will encompass the provision of a secure environmentally controlled Archival Repository. The project will convert the existing single-story warehouse to a two-storey Archival Repository with increased storage capacity.
• Support for tourism through the development and promotion of regional experience brands such as the Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland’s Ancient East, and Ireland’s Hidden Heartlands.
• The Strategy for World Heritage in Ireland 2025-2035 was launched by Minister James Browne in May 2025. This is Ireland’s first national strategy for UNESCO World Heritage and sets out the Government’s ambitions to increase the number of World Heritage Properties in Ireland and to manage World Heritage sites sustainably.
The Government is committed to reporting regularly on the delivery of the NDP. Details of more projects and programmes being delivered under NSO 7 can be found in the latest Capital Investment Tracker. This tracker provides a composite update on the progress of all major investments with an estimated cost of greater than €20 million. Accompanying the tracker, the myProjectIreland interactive map provides detailed information on projects across the country, including smaller investments such as schools and cultural and sporting amenities. The map allows users to search by city, county, or eircode to view projects in their local area. The Project Ireland 2040 Capital Investment Tracker and myProjectIreland interactive map are available at gov.ie/2040.
In addition to the tracker, the sectoral plans which were published by Departments at the end of 2025 include planned investment and projects across the country, including a range of projects and critical infrastructure works. These sectoral plans are available on each Departmental website and will provide the Deputy with further detail on a sectoral basis.
