Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2025
392. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline Ireland’s progress under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan as part of the European Union’s NextGenerationEU Recovery Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73753/25]
Amharc ar fhreagraIreland will receive approximately €1.15 billion in funding from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) in respect of measures included in our National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP). The programme period runs from 2021 to 2026.
The NRRP is pre-funded through the estimates process and the National Development Plan. RRF allocated funding is then recouped from the EU after the agreed milestones and targets within the Plan have been achieved and verified.
The RRF is a performance-based instrument with payment contingent on evidenced completion of agreed milestones and targets. The RRF allocation will be paid to Ireland in five instalments.
Following the successful submission of our first payment request, Ireland received €324m in July 2024 from the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility.
Ireland’s second payment request of €116m was submitted in December 2024. Following a positive preliminary assessment by the Commission, payment of €115 million was lodged to the Exchequer in July 2025.
The third payment request worth approximately €240 million was submitted in August 2025, and payment received in November 2025. This means that Ireland has now successfully achieved 60% of the milestones and targets within our Plan and has secured 60% of the €1.15 billion funding.
Since July 2025, an extensive exercise has been ongoing between the Commission, Implementing Body and Accountable Departments to deliver a final revision of the NRRP to maximise Ireland’s financial drawdown and will ensure delivery within the RRF timelines. It is expected that these amendments will be formally adopted early in 2026.
Ireland has two extant payment requests to submit before the programme period for the Recovery and Resilience Facility ends, the ambition is to submit the fourth payment request in early 2026 and the fifth and final payment request to be submitted by the regulatory deadline of Q3 2026.
