Fine Gael plan for Department of Infrastructure included in election manifesto, says Taoiseach

Simon Harris also pledged that Ireland's workers "will not be left behind" by the digital revolution

The National Children’s Hospital under construction in May. Simon Harris said that a new department is needed to allow Ireland to build major capital projects. Photo: Sam Boal/Collins Photos

The Taoiseach has said the next Fine Gael election manifesto will include plans for Ireland to have its own dedicated Department of Infrastructure.

In a speech at the McGill Summer School in Glenties, Co Donegal, Simon Harris said that a new department is needed to allow Ireland to build major capital projects.