Project Ireland 2040 comprises the National Planning Framework which sets out a spatial strategy for Ireland which will be backed by the National Development Plan. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) has cautiously welcomed the health elements of today's National Development Plan announcement. The INMO are seeking early meetings with the Department of Health and the HSE to progress the health elements of the National Development Plan to discuss staffing implications for nurses and midwives. Development plan: 'They could and should have gone further', says Green PartyThe Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said the National Development Plan does not go far enough, and lacks substance. National Development Plan reaction: Labour says 'just another cock-up'Labour's spokesperson on Housing and Local Government Jan O’Sullivan has said the legal framework to deliver the National Development Plan is not in place, and the validity of the plan is therefore in question.

Source: Evening echo February 16, 2018 14:26 UTC