Strategic Infrastructure Delivery

Pillar 2

The recommendations aim to accelerate strategic infrastructure delivery by improving certainty, efficiency, and capacity across the construction system.

Ireland faces a significant infrastructure deficit, with the IMF estimating a 32% gap in physical infrastructure and a 27% gap in quality, while transport capacity remains particularly constrained at 41% below high-income European peers. At the same time, the construction sector is performing strongly, supported by resilient Modified Domestic Demand and sustained investment flows despite global uncertainty.

Strengthening sectoral investment planning, accelerating infrastructure delivery, and crowding in private capital will be critical to enhancing economic resilience. Targeted budgetary measures are now required to remove delivery constraints, maximise the impact of planned capital expenditure, and ensure Ireland can close its infrastructure gap within this critical investment window.