Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Jack Chambers will on Tuesday brief Cabinet colleagues on the report of the Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce. Photograph: Sam Boal/CollinsLarge extensions to critical infrastructure should be exempted from requiring planning permission, according to a report due to be presented to today’s Cabinet meeting. Included in the plan is a proposal to amend legislation to allow large extensions to major pieces of infrastructure, such as substations, without the need for planning permission. Minister for Culture Patrick O’Donovan will outline plans for the National Famine Commemoration next year at Portumna Workhouse, Co Galway. Mr Lawless will brief Cabinet on plans to spend €4.55 billion in tertiary education and research, expanding healthcare and veterinary education, and modernising campuses.
