Ireland: Technical Assistance Report-Public Investment Management Assessment
IMF Staff Country Reports, November 10, 2017
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Bibliographic details
- Published: November 10, 2017
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484326657.002
Executive summary
- Publication date: November 10, 2017
- Purpose: Assessment of public investment management in Ireland and guidance to support implementation of the government’s spatial planning strategy and associated capital planning.
- Strategic horizon referenced: economic and social development to 2040.
- Key government instruments discussed:
- National Planning Framework (new spatial planning strategy).
- Associated 10-year capital plan (both to be released at the end of 2017).
- Geographic emphasis: development of urban areas outside Dublin, including four new Metropolitan Areas.
- Document length: 62 pages.
- Series and identifiers:
- Volume: 2017
- Issue: 333
- Series: Country Report No. 2017/333
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781484326657.002
- Stock No: 1IRLEA2017004
- ISBN: 9781484326657
- ISSN: 1934-7685
Major findings
- The National Planning Framework and the associated 10-year capital plan are intended to redirect infrastructure investment to areas that cut across traditional departmental and sectoral boundaries.
- The new strategy places strong emphasis on developing urban areas outside Dublin, highlighting four new Metropolitan Areas.
- Alignment, integration, and realism across national, sectoral, regional, and local plans are essential to deliver the strategy’s objectives.
Policy implications and recommendations
- Ensure coherence between the National Planning Framework and the 10-year capital plan to effectively redirect investment across departmental and sectoral boundaries.
- Prioritize alignment and integration of national, sectoral, regional, and local plans to make development objectives realistic and implementable.
- Target infrastructure investment to support urban development outside Dublin, with particular attention to the four new Metropolitan Areas.
Thematic scope and keywords
- Subjects: Budget planning and preparation; Expenditure; Infrastructure; National accounts; Public financial management (PFM); Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP); Public investment spending.
- Keywords: budget balance; Budget planning and preparation; business case; capital investment; capital stock; CR; economic analysis; financial crisis; Global; government program; Infrastructure; ISCR; policy priority; project manager; Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP); Public investment spending; public spending.
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Source: Ireland: Technical Assistance Report-Public Investment Management Assessment, IMF Staff Country Reports, November 10, 2017.
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