A bad outcome on US-EU tariffs would be the acid test of where Government priorities lie

Coalition leaders vow to protect infrastructure spending

Investment in housing, water and grid infrastructure, defence, prisons and sports facilities planned under NDP

Government notes need to provide backing for development of ‘low-carbon transport projects’, such as MetroLink, before 2030

Investment surge pledged by Coalition, especially in the areas of water, energy infrastructure and housing

Government cannot be trusted on €275bn development plan, airline boss warns

Document is important part of pre-budget choreography but theme running through this year is economic uncertainty

NDP is a total investment of €275.4bn from 2026-2035

Investment in housing, water and grid infrastructure, defence, prisons and sports facilities planned under NDP

To leave sufficient leeway, further growth in State capital investment has to be married with tighter control of current spending

Spending on infrastructure to rise as cost-of-living measures unlikely to feature

Ministers to be warned to rein in current spending

Revised National Deveopment Plan being billed as one of largest ever capital expansion programmes in State’s history

Here’s what to look out for next week as the Government signals its big budget moves

Spending on five key areas yet to be resolved in advance of launch of revised National Development Plan next week

Disagreement remains over funding for housing, health, education, transport and defence under €20bn revised National Development Plan

Lower figures for 2025 follow end of a waiver on developer levies, Micheál Martin says

Announcement of €5m district heating fund comes amid concerns over possible rollback of climate spending as revised NDP is finalised

Import tariffs will cost US households $2,400 this year, Yale research estimates. Sooner or later, the pain will start to bite

Summer economic statement will not be agreed until next week at earliest