{"id":1692,"date":"2021-10-04T16:39:29","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T15:39:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/national-development-plan-is-a-back-of-the-envelope-wish-list\/"},"modified":"2021-10-04T16:39:29","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T15:39:29","slug":"national-development-plan-is-a-back-of-the-envelope-wish-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/national-development-plan-is-a-back-of-the-envelope-wish-list\/","title":{"rendered":"National Development Plan Is A Back-Of-The-Envelope Wish List"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\"><em><strong>What is the point in releasing a National Development Plan without conducting a screening exercise in advance<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The National Development Plan is nothing more than a back-of-the-envelope wish list, according to Social Democrats Finance Spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government made history today \u2013 the first time an administration has announced a National Development Plan and then immediately resiled from most of the commitments contained in the document.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat was published is not a National Development Plan. It is a back-of-the-envelope wish list. We are none the wiser today, about the number of infrastructure projects that will actually proceed in the next 20 years, than we were yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of the projects in the plan have been promised for over a decade \u2013 some, for much longer than that. Metrolink is a case in point. Having already spent \u20ac200 million on Metro North since it was first announced in 2000, we still have no idea when this critical piece of public transport infrastructure will be delivered in Dublin. In its latest iteration, the government has simply dopped any projected deadline for the delivery of the project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the point in releasing a National Development Plan without conducting a screening exercise in advance, to determine whether the projects will proceed or not? Road, rail and public transport projects are not just essential for transport \u2013 they are crucial for the delivery of housing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government had a lot of time to prepare its National Development Plan, so the absence of costings and timelines is unconscionable. How are people supposed to have confidence in a plan that is so light in detail \u2013 especially given a coalition partner, the Green Party, is itself dubious about whether many of the road projects will actually be delivered.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis document is further evidence that, when it comes to critical infrastructure, there is no strategic ambition or oversight from this government.\u201d<\/p><\/div>\n<p>4 October 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the point in releasing a National Development Plan without conducting a screening exercise in advance The National Development Plan is nothing more than a back-of-the-envelope wish list, according to Social Democrats Finance Spokesperson R\u00f3is\u00edn Shortall. \u201cThe government made history today \u2013 the first time an administration has announced a National Development Plan and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,7,264],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-press-release","category-roisin-shortall"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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