Sean Fleming
Question:60. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will report on the work of the Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce. [40276/26]
View answerThursday, 28 May 2026
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I formed the Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce in May 2025. It is a non-statutory taskforce, whose purpose is to provide me with advice and to support the work of my Department on the programme of reform to unblock barriers and accelerate infrastructure delivery.
I chair the Taskforce. There are an additional twelve members of the Taskforce, six independent experts, experienced in infrastructure delivery, combined with six ex-officio members, taken from those commercial semi-states at the frontline of infrastructure development and the local government sector.
The Taskforce played an important role in advising on the development of the Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan published in December by discussing the key barriers impeding progress, and how these can be overcome to unlock infrastructure delivery.
The Taskforce is now focused on supporting the implementation of measures outlined in the Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan. Meetings take place on a monthly basis.
Minutes from these meetings are publicly available on Gov.ie at the following link: www.gov.ie/en/department-of-public-expenditure-infrastructure-public-service-reform-and-digitalisation/collections/accelerating-infrastructure-taskforce-meetings/ .
I am happy to report that there is strong progress being made, with the Action Plan commitments for Q1 delivered.