Capital spending plan: Coalition accused of ‘auction politics’

The Government has promised that every region of the country will benefit from its €27bn capital spending programme as it denied the promised plan was an election gimmick.

Public transport, school building, hospital facilities, Garda resources, and flood protection measures will be some of the projects benefiting from the six-year plan.

Opposition parties branded the spending spree “auction politics” and said many of the measures had already been announced and were still on the shelf.