National Development Plan
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Ibec calls for additional €70bn spend on vital infrastructure
- Economy
- March 3, 2021, 05:18
Employers’ group Ibec is calling for a major overhaul of the State’s National Development Plan (NDP) and an additional €70 billion in spending on key (...)

Budget 2021: Ireland faces five big economic challenges
- Economy
- October 2, 2020, 05:51
Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe will probably never frame a budget against a more uncertain backdrop. Covid-19 has caused an economic shock three(...)

Budgets for mega-projects 'outdated, do not include inflation', Minister warned
- Economy
- July 24, 2020, 05:00
Existing budgets may not cover the ultimate cost of mega-infrastructure projects like MetroLink, BusConnects and the M20 Limerick-Cork motorway, the D(...)

Shannon pipeline cost ‘likely to exceed’ €1.3bn
- Environment
- July 22, 2020, 02:39
The cost of a major pipeline project aimed at increasing water supply to the Greater Dublin Area is “likely to exceed” the estimated €1.3 billion cite(...)

Businesses to seek instant end to lockdown and halving of 2m rule
- Economy
- June 8, 2020, 19:01
Ibec chief executive Danny McCoy will call for the immediate removal of quarantine restrictions related to coronavirus and the replacement of the 2m s(...)

Ibec seeks €15bn ‘reboot’ of Irish economy
- Economy
- May 12, 2020, 05:15
Employers’ group Ibec has called for a €15 billion reboot of the Irish economy to curb the effects of coronavirus and address some of the State’s majo(...)

Governments must be more ambitious on climate change
- Environment
- December 5, 2018, 20:31
The message from UN climate talks in Katowice, Poland, this week was stark, so much so that governments had to be more ambitious in responding to clim(...)

Government committed to path for deep emission cuts - Naughten
- Environment
- October 8, 2018, 18:50
The Government is fully committed to placing Ireland on the trajectory to deliver the deep emissions reductions needed, the Minister for Climate Actio(...)

‘Ambitious, realistic’ plan urgently needed to meet 2030 climate targets
- Environment
- October 1, 2018, 20:34
While Ireland is unlikely to meet EU decarbonisation and renewable energy targets for 2020, “an ambitious, but realistic, climate and energy roadmap” (...)

Tourism industry asks for extra €50m in budget submission
- Transport & Tourism
- August 3, 2018, 03:22
The tourism industry has called for an extra €50 million to be allocated annually to the State agencies Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland. In its p(...)