Challenges around infrastructure are finally being tackled

Implementation of the list of 30 actions set out in the Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce report is critical for Ireland’s ambitions to meet its climate targets, and for our future economic development

If this country is to achieve its climate targets, then every arm of the State needs to be pro-renewables and pro-delivery, instead of frustrating projects with procedural delays and backlogs.

The first step in solving any problem is to recognise and acknowledge the problem exists in the first place. That’s why the publication last week of a 140-page report by the Government’s Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce felt like a significant moment.

For years and years, business leaders and industry experts have decried the myriad of challenges developers face in delivering infrastructure projects. At last, the Government is listening and seems determined to solve some of the main challenges.