75. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the Government plans to move beyond annual capital investment targets and introduce a strategic framework, as recommended in the Future Forty report, with medium and long-term goals for infrastructure provision across housing, transport, energy and water services. [68424/26]

The Government is fully committed to providing financial certainty for infrastructure projects needed to transform our housing, energy, water, transport, and health infrastructure over the next 10 years to ensure we meet the needs of our growing population.

The Review of the National Development Plan (NDP), published in July 2025, set out a €275 billion public capital investment programme to 2035, the largest in the history of the State. The plan set out Exchequer funded sectoral capital allocations of €102.4 billion for the years 2026 to 2030; and a further €100 billion for the period 2030 to 2035. In addition, an estimated total of €63 billion in non-Exchequer funding by commercial semi-state bodies, will be invested in capital expenditure. A further €10 billion, equity funding, has also been provided for the period 2026 to 2030 to support the delivery of large projects, such as electricity grid capacity, water and transport infrastructure.

The review increased overall allocations by an additional €34 billion relative to the previous 2021-2030 NDP.

This is the largest ever capital investment plan in the history of the State and will enable the delivery of thousands of new homes, increase Ireland's competitiveness, improve transport services, provide more childcare and school places, invest in children’s disability services and ensure better healthcare for all.

The setting of sectoral capital allocations gives Departments certainty about the funding available to them for investment in vital public infrastructure over the medium to long term.

In the Review, Government prioritised investment in the critical economic growth enabling sectors – housing, water, energy and transport which will support the delivery of 300,000 new homes by 2030.

Departments subsequently published sectoral investment plans setting out the capital projects to be prioritised from 2026 to 2030. These plans provide visibility of the delivery pipeline, giving construction firms the certainty they need to invest in hiring, training, and scaling their operations. This multi-year approach is designed to support industry planning and ensure that regional capacity can grow in line with demand. The plans include planned investment and projects across the country. These sectoral plans are available on each Departmental website and will provide the Deputy with further detail on a sectoral basis.

I have also recently published the NDP Construction Pipeline dataset, which provides details on specific projects by sector committed to for delivery over the coming years, and will provide the Deputy with even further detail on delivery under the National Development Plan