The Government’s capital investment plan, due to be launched on Thursday, looks set to be truly remarkable in its scale and ambition – something that has been lacking for some time. An investment programme of this scale needs an implementation plan of similar vision. We need it to be recognised also that investment needs to continue at a steady pace, not at a stop-start basis. So the plan needs cross-party support and the implementation taskforce needs to ensure that it survives any future changes in the political landscape or budgetary decisions. That vision needs a plan to implement it and proper oversight – and it needs to be future-proofed.

Source: The Irish Times February 15, 2018 04:52 UTC