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Ireland says 77% of infrastructure delivery reforms now in place
Sean O'Driscoll, chair of the Accelerating Infrastructure Taskforce delivery board, said 77% of 168 recommended reforms have been implemented, with the rest due by the first quarter of 2027. All sections of the Planning and Development Act 2024 become law by 1 October, and the Critical Infrastructure Act, enacted in June, is already enabling nine projects spanning transport, water and energy, including the Greater Dublin Drainage scheme and the North-South electricity interconnector.
Our readA capped judicial review fee doing more to unblock projects than any single piece of investment confirms that Ireland's infrastructure bottleneck has been legal process, not capital, for some time now.
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