Strategic Infrastructure
Dail Éireann — 2026-04-16
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Jack Chambers (FF), Dublin West

We have significant immediate volatility in pricing but the inflationary context is something that takes a more sustained impact. There is still wider uncertainty on that. Next week we will publish the annual progress report, where the Department of Finance will set out updated forecasts on the inflationary environment and the predictions around that, and will also provide a scenario analysis depending on how this evolves. We have good flexibility within the public works contracts, which are important.
We want to proceed with our national development plan and with a lot of the priorities we have. Transport, in particular, has one of the biggest allocations for the next five years, with over €24 billion or just under one in four euro going to transport. Notwithstanding what was raised earlier, and earlier in the week, many of the projects from a transport perspective are in public transport, in low-carbon projects in terms of bus, rail and others that we want to see advanced over the next five years.

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Sitting date: 2026-04-16