Coalition urged to reject ESRI proposals

A DAMNING report on the Government’s failure to develop the country’s infrastructure will be published today. Opposition parties, however, have urged the Government not to use the report as an excuse to cut funding for vitally needed public projects.

The study by the Economic and Social Research Institute on the National Development Plan (NDP) ecommends significant cuts to the plan and says funding for hospitals, housing and water schemes should be reduced.

According to opposition parties, the mid-term review of the NDP is a damning indictment of the Fianna Fáil and Progressive Democrats Coalition.