946. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will outline all funding allocated by his Department for projects, programmes and initiatives in the Cavan and Monaghan constituency from 1 January 2025 to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62185/26]

As Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitisation 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. Each Minister is responsible for deciding on the priority programmes and projects that will be delivered under their remit within the NDP and for setting out the timelines for delivery. Expenditure is therefore allocated and monitored on a Departmental basis and not a geographical basis.

More broadly, the achievement of balanced regional development is a key priority of this Government and is at the heart of Project Ireland 2040, which includes the National Planning Framework (NPF), which sets out the overarching spatial strategy for the next twenty years, along with the National Development Plan.

Since Project Ireland 2040 was first launched in 2018, the Government has overseen the delivery of many impactful NDP projects across the country, including in counties Cavan and Monaghan.

Progress in achieving balanced regional development and detailing the delivery of the NDP is monitored through regular updates of the Project Ireland 2040 capital investment tracker and MyProjectIreland interactive map viewer. The capital investment 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 details projects across the country and provides details on specific projects by county, and contains smaller investments such as schools, healthcare facilities and social housing projects. Search facilities allow users to view projects in their regional area, by city, by county or by eircode. Both the capital tracker and the map are available on www.gov.ie/en/department-of-public-expenditure-infrastructure-public-service-reform-and-digitalisation/campaigns/project-ireland-2040/ and will provide the Deputy with specific detail on projects delivered, and status of works ongoing in Cavan and Monaghan, including progress on the following projects:

• a regional veterinary laboratory in Ballyhaise, Co Cavan,

• a Wastewater Treatment Plant in Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan,

• the development of a Primary Care Centre in Monaghan Town, and

• the Kingscourt Town Centre Regeneration.

For future allocations, individual Ministers developed sectoral level plans, over the end of 2025 and early 2026. The plans set out the priority investment programmes and projects to be delivered across the country within their additional capital allocations under the revised NDP. Considering sectoral needs and Ministerial decisions, these plans reflect Government priorities, including the National Planning Framework commitment to balanced regional development.

The plans include planned investment and projects across the country, including a range of projects across transport, justice and utility services in Cavan and Monaghan for example:

• Cavan Regional Sports Campus,

• N3 Virginia By-pass,

• N2 road improvements from Clontibret,

• a new integrated state-of-the-art education and training facility on the Cathedral Road campus, and

• the development of a new playing field, access road, car park and civil works for Killeevan Sarsfields.

These sectoral plans are available on each Departmental website and will provide the Deputy with further detail on a sectoral basis.