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Local TDs Clash Over Detail And Direction In New National Development Plan

The Taoiseach says infrastructure investment will be prioritised over day-to-day spending.

The opposition do have a have a little bit of a point to question what the plans and details are in the National Development Plan

That's according to Kildare North Fianna Fáil TD Naoise O' Cearuil.

Speaking on Kildare Today, he said the plans will be down to the experts.

That's after criticism from Kildare North Sinn Fein TD Reada Cronin that the latest announcements lack detail.

She said the Plan is a "rinse and repeat". 

Labour also says the National Development Plan is short on detail and inspires little confidence for the future.

The Government has allocated almost 275 billion euro in capital spending over the next decade in a revised NDP which was announced yesterday.

The Taoiseach says infrastructure investment will be prioritised over day-to-day spending.

Labour's Health Spokesperson Marie Sherlock says the document provides no clarity on what lies ahead for our country:
 

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